Mario Goisis
Editor

2014

Atlas of Full-face and Full-body Treatment

Beauty has a key role in human history. In ancient times Greeks held regularly beauty contests for both male and female. Beauty was greatly admired and competitions were serious. Annual contests were held at Lesbos, at Elis and in Arcadia. But the first beauty contest in history was described in the Iliad. The marriage of Peleus and Thetis was celebrated with a big banquet on Mount Olympus, home of the gods. All the gods and goddesses were invited, except one, Eris, the Goddess of Strife and Discord, in order to avoid problems. For this offense, Eris placed on the table, in the middle of the banqueting hall, a golden apple with the inscription ‘‘For the Fairest’’.