This leads to the conclusion that our traditional connotation of marriage as a bond is not the way it was in Athens. ... Pericles, the thirty-year political leader of Athens, fell in love with a hetairai, named Aspasia. ... Aspasia became controversial in history because she made a tool to insult Pericles. She was accused by some as having heavy political influence over Pericles. ... Aspasia, although favored by Pericles, was a subject of controversy for Athenian citizens. ...

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