C. H. Stratz, Die Schönheit des Weiblichen Körpers, fourteenth edition, Chapter XII.
See, e.g., Sergi, The Mediterranean Race, pp. 59-75.
Sergi (The Mediterranean Race, Chapter 1), by an analysis of Homer's color epithets, argues that in very few cases do they involve fairness; but his attempt scarcely seems successful, although most of these epithets are undoubtedly vague and involve a certain range of possible color.