Called it.

There are stories of when near perfect mirrors entered trade. Some stories are sweet, and others rather macabre:

https://www.japanpowered.com/folklore-and-urban-legends/mirr...

Technology tends to influence cultures in subtle ways few remember a generation later. =3

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Most_Dangerous_Animal_In_T...

British Museum actually does this with their Greek statues - shows how they were painted. The gap between "marble perfection" and "gaudy colors" is wild. Makes you realize how much our idea of classical taste is just patina.

Yeah, I thought it was a more avant-garde question, like Greek philosophical literature.

It turns out the title has a literal meaning."