Silenus box
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In the Symposium Alcibiades begins by comparing Socrates to a statue of Silenus; the statue is ugly and hollow, and inside is full of tiny golden statues of the gods (215a-b).
- "Socrates, Erasmus said, was like a Silenus box, with his snuffly nose and peasant face; on the surface, he was a blockhead bumpkin who used simple language and had no care for appearance, but within, there was deep wisdom, his wisest"--Soul of the Age: A Biography of the Mind of William Shakespeare by Jonathan Bate[1]
It can be said to be the reverse of superficial charm.
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