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5th-century BC partner of Athenian statesman Pericles

For other uses, see Aspasia (disambiguation).

Aspasia (;^[2]Ancient Greek: ἈσπασίαGreek:[aspasíaː]; c. 470 – after 428 BC^[a]) was a metic woman in Classical Athens. Born in Miletus, she moved to Athens and began a relationship with the statesman Pericles, with whom she had a son named Pericles the Younger. According to the traditional historical narrative, she worked as a courtesan and was tried for asebeia (impiety), though modern scholars have questioned the factual basis for either of these claims, which both derive from ancient comedy. Though Aspasia is one of the best-attested women from the Greco-Roman world, and the most important woman in the history of fifth-century Athens, almost nothing is certain about her life.

Aspasia was portrayed in Old Comedy as a prostitute and madam, and in ancient philosophy as a teacher and rhetorician. She has continued to be a subject of both visual and literary artists until the present. From the twentieth century, she has been portrayed as both a sexualised and sexually liberated woman, and as a feminist role model fighting for women's rights in ancient Athens.

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Aspasia

Title: Aspasia of Miletus
Location: Miletus, Ionia & Athens, Greece
Born: 470 BCE
Died: 410 BCE
Occupation: Courtesan, Rhetoritician, Philosopher & Instructor
Relationships:

• Mother: Unknown
• Father: Axiochus
• Sibling(s): Unknown
• Spouse/Lover(s): Pericles
• Children: Pericles the Younger

Biography:

Aspasia of Miletus, the consort and later wife of Pericles, was a famous hetaera (“courtesan”) that became an incredibly influential figure within the Athenian intelligentsia (Vermeule III 1958, 52). She is renowned for her speeches and oratory skill and is accredited with the instruction of Pericles and a close affiliation with Socrates during his golden period (Vermeule III 1958, 52). She was a brilliantly educated woman and upon arrival in Athens from Miletus, she did much to spread her skills in familiarizing herself with the intelligentsia of Athens (Glenn 1994, 181). 

With her great talents in oration and speech writing, many attributed the oratory success of Pericles, the sophistic rhetor par excellence, to Aspasia's ability to sharpen his tongue (Dean-Jones 1995, 56 & Panella 1979, 162). Pericles was a great statesman and aristocratic democrat that placed Athenian democratic power in the hands of the people during the Peloponnesian Wars of the