What if beauty wasn’t just in the eye of the beholder—but in the hands of the gods? In this episode of Religion in Praxis, we speak with classicist and art historian Hugo Shakeshaft about how beauty shaped divine-human relationships in ancient Greece. From Phidias’ awe-inspiring Zeus to Plato’s mystical ladder of love, we explore how temples, sculptures, and songs became sacred technologies—and why beauty still carries spiritual weight today.