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Aspasia “First Lady of Athens”

Aspasia “First Lady of Athens”. By: Molly Farmer. Aspasia In Athens. Known for her beauty and intelligence Pericles's companion, not well thought of in the city of Athens. Broke boundaries of “respectable” behavior for a woman in Ancient Greece. Philospher’s Interest.

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Aspasia “First Lady of Athens”

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  1. Aspasia“First Lady of Athens” By: Molly Farmer

  2. Aspasia In Athens • Known for her beauty and intelligence • Pericles's companion, not well thought of in the city of Athens. • Broke boundaries of “respectable” behavior for a woman in Ancient Greece

  3. Philospher’s Interest • Many philosopersof the time were conversing with and about Aspasia. • In Plato’s Socratic dialogue, Menexenus, Socrates claims to have learned from Aspasia, saying “For she who is my instructor is by no means weak in the art of rhetoric; on the contrary, she has turned out many fine orators, and amongst them one who surpassed all other Greeks, Pericles, the son of Xanthippus.” (Crane)

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