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Aspasia (lived c. 440 BC)

Greek courtesan, the mistress of the Athenian politician Pericles. As a non-Athenian from Miletus, she could not be recognized as his wife, but Pericles lived with Aspasia, having parted from his wife, until his death 429 BC.

Aspasia had a son by Pericles who was legitimized and granted Athenian citizenship after the death of the two legitimate sons of Pericles. Aspasia's ‘salon’ was a meeting place for celebrities from the Athenian literary and philosophical circles, including Socrates. Her free thinking led to a charge of impiety, against which Pericles had to defend her.



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Then, during the Golden Age of Athens, a humanistic circle of thinkers led by Aspasia included Protagoras and Socrates.
What is a freethinker and why does it matter? by Edwords, Fred / The Humanist
CHARACTERS: THUCYDIDES, HISTORIAN PERICLES, LEADER OF ATHENS ASPASIA, PERICLES' WIFE
Greek vs. Greek: From 431 to 404 B.C., Greece's two mightiest ... by Hanson-Harding, Alexandra / Junior Scholastic
Just as the Greeks boast of Aspasia, Diotima, and Macrina, and our Roman ancestors of Proba, Aemilia Africana, Hortensia, and others, so do we in our time rejoice that Ippolita has been born in Italy and has been taught literature.
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