Herbs were extensively used in Greek Baths for Wellbeing, Beauty and Health
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The Greeks added lavender oil to the tubs for a relaxing, calming effect. Their first in the world hot-air baths and
steam shower rooms they had constructed almost three millennia ago, would be enhanced with bay laurel, fir, pine, and juniper branches for aromatherapy
Extremely rare Mosaic floor of ancient baths in Arapissa Baths outside Sparta, Peloponese, 2-3 century AC, revealed under archaelogical excavations ourtside Sparta in 2011 depictin young men during a fight game
The very #Greek, ancient origin of today’s #spa
Greek baths of Ancient Days are considered the foundation for modern spa concept
Euripides once wrote a piece about the curing virtues of thermal and sea waters. Spring waters in Greece have been around since highest antiquity and many were considered sacred and gave way to construction of temples, like in Delphi, the Castalia spring and in Vravrona. Since the spa is the temple of the 21stcentury, it is only natural that thalassotherapy complexes and thermal spas of Greece today are built today in exceptionally gifted places.
It was the Greeks, attracted by the strange phenomena of thermal springs that attempted to classify them and study their properties and effects on man.Hippocrates, analysed its chemical composition by disease indication...
Some of them are still alive today, and you should definitely try!
Thermal and mineral natural therapeutic springs could be found at some 850 locations around Greece. Their beneficial action offers visitors the opportunity to receive treatment for chronic conditions in a natural way (hydrotherapy), whereas the healing properties of seawater, seaweed, or sea mud help the visitor conquer stress and anxiety, and improve mental performance, revitalizing the spirit.
Visitors can choose among fourteen (14) hydro-therapeutic centres managed by the Greek National Tourist Organisation (G.N.T.O.) with 1,400,000 therapeutic treatments (baths, etc), while dozens of other spas are operated by local authorities and offer modern high-quality services.
Places with warm water springs where the combination of the essence of nature prime elements, minerals and water, mix with the senses...
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"About 700 natural hot springs are scattered in the mainland and on our islands, with unique characteristics and beneficial properties, and we now accelerate procedures in order to encourage sustainable tourism activities and new investments for high quality health and wellness facilities and services.
Some of them in small hidden island and mainland paradises, which we support to emerge as new destinations..."
Three young women bathing. Side B from an Attic red-figure stamnos, 440–430 BC
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In addition to mythologically-based rituals involving natural springs and tidal pools, the Greeks utilized bathtubs and basins for hygiene and healing.
"Rubbing can cause loosening, tightening, growth or reduction of the flesh, the strong rubbing causes tightening, the gentle relaxation, prolonged decline in the flesh and moderate growth."
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Greece Used Sunlight to Treat Skin Diseases
Often considered the birthplace of modern medicine, the early Greek physician Hippocrates, among others, developed courses of treatment for numerous diseases based on exposure to sunlight. Solaria were structures devoted to sunbathing, which was prescribed to cure ailments of the skin and promote good health and vitality.
Modern science is just now catching up to what the Great Greek Thinkers in Ancient Greece knew about the cognitive, social, and emotional benefits of hot water therapy.
What did they use , what was the look, what was the style do's... Find more
- Physical exercise was believed to be a major component of beauty. As we are aware today, exercise can result in greater strength, weight loss, and toned muscles but it also helps the skin.
- Part of the Beauty and Cosmetic procedures of those days was immersing in aromatic thermal baths filled with dried herbs. Find More
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FIrst Female Beauty Contests
Lesvos 700 B.C. Beauty contests - kallisteia - were taking place in Athens and elsewhere but only for young adolescent men.Though, Lesvos island only, the Female Beauty Contest were activated with enthusiasm since 7th century B.C... find that
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