Aspasia

[ a-spey-shuh, -zhuh ]

/ æˈspeɪ ʃə, -ʒə /

c470–410 b.c., Athenian courtesan, mistress of Pericles.

Example sentences from the Web for aspasia

He loves, with Pericles' consent, the beauty of Aspasia's mind, and is therefore no misogynist.

Historical Miniatures |August Strindberg
Euripides resumed the topic which they had dropped: "I was accused, and am acquitted—am I not, Aspasia?"

Historical Miniatures |August Strindberg
It is a mistaken idea that she herself preferred the part of Aspasia (in Rowe's Bajazet) to any of these grand impersonations.

Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected |Anna Jameson
Plato, Xenophon and Æschines have all testified to the cultivated mind and influence of Aspasia.

The Truth About Woman |C. Gasquoine Hartley

Louisa made a magnificent Aspasia, which was a part much to her fancy.

Louisa May Alcott |Louisa May Alcott

Aspasia

/ (əˈspeɪzɪə) /

5th century bc, Greek courtesan; mistress of Pericles