{"id":146923,"date":"2024-11-05T10:16:33","date_gmt":"2024-11-05T09:16:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/?post_type=ciekawostki&#038;p=146923"},"modified":"2024-11-05T10:16:33","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T09:16:33","slug":"medicamina-faciei-femineae-cosmetics-in-ancient-times-according-to-ovid","status":"publish","type":"ciekawostki","link":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/curiosities\/medicamina-faciei-femineae-cosmetics-in-ancient-times-according-to-ovid\/","title":{"rendered":"Medicamina Faciei Femineae \u2013 cosmetics in ancient times according to Ovid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Medicamina Faciei Femineae<\/em>, or &#8220;Cosmetics for the Female Face&#8221;, is a fascinating treatise written by Ovid, one of the most famous poets of ancient Rome. This is a work that reflects the ancient approach to female beauty. It is a poetic facial care instruction. Interestingly, this text can be considered one of the first cosmetology magazines in literature.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Ovid (43 BC &#8211; 18 CE), known primarily for &#8220;Art of Love&#8221; (<em>Ars Amatoria<\/em>), here also refers to the topic of beauty, although in a slightly different way. In <em>Medicamina Faciei Femineae<\/em> he included not only descriptions of cosmetics but also specific recipes for creams and facial care mixtures. The ingredients used then included barley flour, goat&#8217;s milk and ground deer horn, which were considered luxurious and extremely effective products.<\/p>\n<p>Ovid approached beauty with humour, but also with deep reflection. He believed that taking care of one&#8217;s appearance was a privilege and a duty. Interestingly, the author touches on the topic of naturalness in the work, recommending moderation and giving up excess cosmetics, which was an unusual approach at that time.<\/p>\n<p>The work has only partially survived &#8211; 100 lines, while scientists estimate it could have had up to 800 lines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":132713,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"kategorie_ciekawostek":[119,117],"class_list":["post-146923","ciekawostki","type-ciekawostki","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","kategorie_ciekawostek-historical-sources","kategorie_ciekawostek-society"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ciekawostki\/146923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ciekawostki"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ciekawostki"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ciekawostki\/146923\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kategorie_ciekawostek","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kategorie_ciekawostek?post=146923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}