The essay is dedicated to the analysis of the Homeric notion χρως. It opens one of the merely studied
aspects of the so-called "Homeric anthropology" where body is represented neither as dead one nor as
the conglomerate of separate and independent "members". It is the liminal body; body-surface comparable
to skin due to its vulnerability and "openness" towards the outside. It is the live body that needs protection
(via cosmetic and other means). The body that, when being affected, transforms into a liquid mass.