She was never described as a great beauty, but even those who loathed her admitted that she had a dramatic allure. Her olive complexion and long, straight black hair gave her an exotic aura in a culture that saw milk-white paleness as essential to beauty. Her eyes were especially striking: black and beautiful wrote one contemporary, while another averred they were always most attractive, and that she well knew how to use them with effect.
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