Why did the ancient Greeks and Romans use a strigil?
Correct answer: Personal hygiene
Pesca
Sounds utterly "crazy" to think that's what they had to do back then....but what other choices did they have..? None I imagine...at least they were concerned about hygiene!
Player Don1
Sounds like the origin of "microderm abrasion."
Ray C
Folks in the future will probably look at our practices like Botox etc. as crazy.
Player #49699886
Thank goodness for all the soaps and bath preparations we have today!
Blinky
Public bath house. Does that mean one bathed in water containing other people's "scrapings"?!
Mark
The cleanest in the old times were the Vikings. They tried to wash daily and, believe it or not, held women as equal to men. This was not the norm back in the day!
Player dwelsh113
Player #49699886, Thank goodness for the water.
Player #38618593
Remember learning about this somewhere - and probably remembered it because it was so disgusting.
Naw Tri
Bit of a relief to read that. I was wondering where this was going when the answer turned out to be “personal hygiene”.
KiKi
Ray C, I live in the modern day and I think Botox is crazy.
KiKi
Player Don1, That’s exactly what I was thinking. Or exfoliating.
Player #103851681
Player #49699886, yes the environment loves them,,,,
sandstorm
Player #49699886, And yet, we still seem very primitive.
Barb@71
Coolhandan, Botox is an effective treatment for certain types of migraines.
meka
Ray C, Lol I already do!
Laura
Blinky, As stated in the explanation, the dirt, etc., was scraped off *before* the person entered the water.
Max
Ray C, I already do. Botulinum is a poison. 'Nuf said.
Tant23
Blinky, oh yes. Ming soup
Craig
Benjamin , I saw it in the TV series Rome. Marc Antony was getting scraped by a slave
Daisy
Naw Tri, 🤭🤣
Victoria
Blinky, wow, Blinky, that’s what I was thinking about too,,many probably jumped into a river or pond to wash up !i would,
bobby
don't knock it until you've tried it
arohanui
Blinky, as in Japan, they most likely cleaned it off BEFORE entering the bath. otherwise there would be no point, you would be dirtier after the bath than before.
Nancy
Player Don1, I agree
Dane
baymax, 😳
HarryElba
Gladiator sweat used to be sold as an aphrodisiac
Waldo Lydeker
A descendent of the strigil is a little horse-shoe shaped, metal implement used to scrape your.....tongue. Honest. Yuck. $8 at Amazon.
Sol
Ray C, i already think it is pretty crazy
Coolhandan
Ray C, you look like a fan of Botox?
Player #68078491
Pesca, Not that bad after all. Oil, scrub and sauna. Where I'm living now people are not that clean, believe me
ZAMARIAN
It still behooves me how human's still have the mindset that we deserve the GRACE that's afforded US. There are people that actually still live in the conditions that, WE JOKE ABOUT?
Phil 'sum guy'
let's not forget hygiene & discovery of microbes is recent..
baymax
Pesca, but did you also know that the sweat from the gladiators was bottled and sold to adoring female fans,?