History of th people of crete
History of th people of creteThe men and women of Crete resemble the double ax so prominent in their religous symbolisim.Male and female alike have torsos narrowing pathologically to an ultramodern waist.Almost all of the Cretans were short in stature, slight and supple of build, graceful in movement, and athletically trim.Their skin was white at birth.The ladies, who court the shades have fair complexions conventionally pale.The men purused wealth under the sun, they are so tanned and ruddy that the Greeks eventually called them Phoinikes which meant the purple ones or redskins.The Cretans head was rather long in shape than broad, the features were sharp and refined.The hair and eyes were dark in color.These Cretans were a branch of the mediterranean race.The men and women wore there hair partly in coils on the head or the neck, partly in ringlets on the brow, partly in tresses falling upon shoulders or the breasts.The women added ribbons for their curls.The men in order to keep their faces clean, provided themselves with a variety of razors.The dress of the Cretan was srange.On their heads, men had turbans.The women wore hats.There feet were usally free of covering.the upper class at times binded their feet with a white leatther shoes.Men wore no clothing above the waist.At the waist the men wore a short skirt...
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