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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
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Example Sentences

In his 50s he entered into a passionate and enduring relationship with the brilliant young Aspasia of Miletus, who bore him a child and helped him compose his magnificent funeral oration to the war dead.

From BBC

Theodore J. Kiapos, 91, and Aspasia M. Kiapos, 90, were asleep in bed when a fire broke out in the attic.

The couple, identified by their granddaughter as Theodore J. Kiapos, 91, and Aspasia M. Kiapos, 90, were sleeping in their bed when the blaze broke out.

His mother and father, Nicholas, 77, and Aspasia, 63, who also work for the business, eventually filled the seats.

Aspasia Kourana, an 80-year-old retiree, was shopping Tuesday at one of Athens’s many open-air fruit and vegetable markets, a staple in neighborhood life here known as laiki.

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