1. Aspasia and Feminism in Ancient Greece
Her legacy became anything but silent and she appears in multiple historical works by Plato, Xenophon, Cicero, Athenaeus, and Plutarch.4 It is clear she had an immense impact on her male counterparts, perhaps the most over her live-in lover Pericles. ... Marie Delcourt wrote in her study on Pericles, "No one would have thought the less of Pericles for making love to young boys, but they (referring to Athenian citizens) were shocked by his treating Aspasia like a human being.... A fellow Athenian, Diogenes Laertius, was quoted as saying Pericles' love was so strong for Aspasia he kiss...
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