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Aspasia

[ a-spey-shuh, -zhuh ]

noun

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


Aspasia

/ əˈspeɪzɪə /

noun

  1. Aspasia5th century bc5th century bcFGreekMISC: courtesan 5th century bc , Greek courtesan; mistress of Pericles
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

Nor hast thou ever known, Aspasia,Or couldst thou comprehend the thoughts that onceThou didst inspire in me.

You will confer the greatest pleasure upon me, whether what you say comes from Aspasia or from any one else.

Compliments of Menexenus after Sokrates has finished, both to the harangue itself and to Aspasia.

Sokrates professes to have learnt a funeral harangue from Aspasia, and to be competent to recite it himself.

But Phineas when he found himself out in the square thought nothing of Aspasia Fitzgibbon.

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