http://walthamstow.london/News/a-very-special-and-exceptional-custom-it-was-the/ Greeks were correctin remarkingthat the barbarians of their own time shared the before Greek approach: they still thought being nakedwas a hint of shame and humiliation. For Hebrews, Etruscans, and Romans, nudity preserved its historical meaning of magic shame. Greek male nudity was adoptedby them, if at all, as an artisticconvention,scarcely if ever in daily life. The Sun, 11 Dec 2016 08:53:03 UTC en