Kalon kakon

Key term for OCR GCSE Classical Civilisation, used in Prescribed Sources.

Definition

The 'beautiful evil'; Hesiod's term for the deceptive nature of female beauty.

Exam Context

Kalon kakon appears in OCR GCSE Classical Civilisation revision content for Women in the Ancient World, especially Prescribed Sources and Literary Sources.

Women in the Ancient World Prescribed Sources Literary Sources

Study Pathways

Women in the Ancient World

Prescribed Sources

Literary Sources

Women in the Ancient World

Women of Legend

Greece

Found in Revision Notes

Women in the Ancient World

Greek Drama and Archaic Poetry

Prescribed Sources • Literary Sources

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Women in the Ancient World

Greece

Women of Legend • Greece

Revise note

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