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Aspasia in Wikipedia

Aspasia (ca. 470 BC[1][2]–ca. 400 BC,[1][3] Greek: Ἀσπασία) was a Milesian woman who was famous for her involvement with the Athenian statesman Pericles.[4] Very little is known about the details of her life. She spent most of her adult life in Athens, and she may have influenced Pericles and Athenian politics. She is mentioned in the writings of P...

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Aspasia in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

A celebrated woman, a native of Miletus. She came as an adventuress to Athens, in the time of Pericles, and, by the combined charms of her person, manners, and conversation, completely won the affection and esteem of that distinguished statesman. Her station had freed her from the restraints which custom laid on the education of the Athenian matron...

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