article_snippet.sent: Professor Edith Hall from King's College London tells a new television programme: 'The Greek island had a very particular reputation for producing very beautiful women.
article_snippet.sent: very beautiful women really were supposed to be the sexiest people in the entire Greek world.'
article_snippet.sent: Professor Edith Hall from King's College London also explained that the fact that The Greek island was closer to Turkey than Athens only added to the sexual allure of the women.
article_snippet.sent: Professor Edith Hall from King's College London said: 'They also had a very interesting accent which would have sounded almost oriental to the Athenians.
article_snippet.sent: so They Greek accent would have been inflected like that.'
article_snippet.sent: Professor Edith Hall from King's College London was one of the great writers of the ancient world, and wrote poems which appeared to be declarations of love for other women.
article_snippet.sent: The poet is believed to have had a daughter, and Mountford explores the differences between the ancient Greek concept of homosexuality and our own.