>>112387158>Most sources point out her large schnoz[Citation needed]
Plutarch (who both provides the most detailed descriptions, and himself relies on eyewitness accounts) writes:
>For her beauty, as we are told, was in itself not altogether incomparable, nor such as to strike those who saw her; but converse with her had an irresistible charm, and her presence, combined with the persuasiveness of her discourse and the character which was somehow diffused about her behaviour towards others, had something stimulating about it. There was sweetness also in the tones of her voice; and her tongue, like an instrument of many strings, she could readily turn to whatever language she pleased...If you have trouble understanding these words, they do not mean she was ugly, just not strikingly beautiful.
Cassius Dio and Appian both describe her as exceptionally beautiful, and Cicero, who personally knew her and left very unflattering accounts of her, attacked her on her character, but never said anything about her looks.
As for her portraits, this bust for example
>>112373762 does not look ugly. Not beautiful either, but even with that nose she's about 7/10.
