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OLIVARES CHAVEZ, Carolina. Xenophon and his Ideal of Female Beauty. Nova tellus [online]. 2015, vol.33, n.1, pp.95-118. ISSN 0185-3058.

This article discusses two passages where Xenophon describes two kinds of women; the first text is located in Oeconomicus, X, 1-13, and the second belongs to Memorabilia, II, 22-23, here tells the myth of Heracles at the crossroads. Both passages are complementary and allow us to infer what was the ideal of feminine beauty to this Socratic.

Palabras llave : Beauty; Oeconomicus; Xenophon; Memorabilia; Woman; Paideia.

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