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Aspasia , fl. mid-5th cent. BC, Athenian courtesan. A woman of great beauty and intelligence, she became the mistress and, according to some poets, adviser of Pericles after he divorced (445 BC) his wife. She is the chief figure in Aspasia, a dialogue by Aeschines the Socratic, in which she criticizes the training of women. She also appears in the Menexnus, probably written by Plato, and in the writings of Xenophon , who wrote favorably of her.

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Aspasia a Greek courtesan, lover of Pericles and noted for her intellect and supposed political influence.

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