~ BEAUTY  id+ | points to BLESS BLESSED and FALSELY TO "GOOD" | 
          note a relation with see> ESTHETIC and 
       BEATIFIC BEATITUDE BEATRIX BEATRIZ 
  gr   KALLOS = BEAUTY - GOOD-LOOKING 
  eng  CALLIGRAPHY  CALLISTHENICS 
  see> CALLIPYGE 
  see> myth VENUS 
  see> myth APHRODITE CALLIPYGE
  lat  BELLUS = HANDSOME 
       BONUS    GOOD  
       BEARE    or 
       BEATUM   BLESSED as in BEATIFIC 
  med> BELLADONA implies BELLA DONNA 
       EXTRACT of the plant ATROPA contain ATROPINE 
  WOMEN USED ATROPA drops to paralyze their eye pupils 
  large eye pupils were considered an attribute of a BELLADONNA 
  present use is to paralize eye pupils to facilitate 
  eye "fundus" or "rear" examinations 
  med> VICTIMS INTOXICATED BY BELLADONA or ATROPINE 
       are poetically described as  
  CRAZY AS A GOAT 
  RED LIKE A BEET 
  DRY LIKE A LEAF 
  biol> note BEAUTY is NOT linked to GOODNESS nor ETHICS 
        however BEAUTY IS LINKED WITH SEX thus PROCREATION  
  hx> PURITANISM in particular THE "VICTORIAN" ANGLO-SAXON variety 
      prevented CHARLES DARWIN from fully sharing his notions of 
  the impact of "MATE CHOICE" which is NOT RANDOM but linked with 
  BEAUTY or ETHETICS which does impact BIOLOGY and EVOLUTION 
  see> EXTHETICS 
  sug> "The Evolution of Beauty" by Richard O. Prum 
  note  this website includes over 140 entries related to "beauty"
  see> CALLIPYGE

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