Beauty is a social construct that changes depending on culture, time, and place. What is considered attractive in one country can be judged completely differently in another. Ideals of beauty do not arise by chance: they are shaped and constantly redefined by media, advertising, history, and societal values. In ancient Greece, beauty was not simply aesthetics, but closely linked to philosophy, virtue, and power.

This worksheet explains which beauty ideals shaped ancient Greece and how philosophers like Plato or artists like Polykleitos defined them.