one of the greatest fragments of Greek lyric poetry, Alcman's "Partheneion," features a chorus of maidens arguing over how hot their choir director is: "her whose graceful ankles look better than most faces" www.thechatner.com/p/force-rank...

Force-Ranking Choir Directors By Hotness in Alcman's Partheneion

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