biography
pronunciation:
[aspayzha]
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| female
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| lived:
| (5th-c BC)
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| biography:
| Mistress of Pericles, born in Miletus, Anatolia. Intellectual and vivacious, she was lampooned in Greek satire, but was held in high regard by Socrates and his followers, and was a great inspiration to Pericles, who successfully defended her against a charge of impiety. |
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