Nudul ca piatră gimnosofală
The Nude as Gymnosopher’s Stone

Summary/Abstract: The presentation and representation of the nude human body was one of the central interests in the culture of ancient Greece. The whole miracle of the ancient Greek revolves around the hero or the athlete, with insistence on the physical representation of his body, stripped of all its clothes and preconceptions. In gymnasiums, as well as in the myths of Olympus, the nude was held as a supreme ethical and aesthetical criterion. This gymnosophic way of life redefined normality in the ancient Greek society and was the basis of an important manner of understanding identity as one deriving from corporeality.

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