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Would olive-oil bathing (as ancient Greco-Roman cultures may have done) have actually succeeded in cleaning a person? (self.nostupidquestions)

submitted 1 year ago by JoshuaSlowpoke777 to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wasn't it more of an oil and scrape process?

[–] JoshuaSlowpoke777 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes, they seem to have had a specific tool for it (a “strigil,” I believe). I was just trying to be succinct so the server would actually let me post the title

Edit: most of my attempts to point out the background info in the title were kinda verbose