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Aspasia of Miletus: The Woman Who Shaped Pericles
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the life and influence of Aspasia of Miletus, the foreign-born companion of Pericles who became one of the most influential — and controversial — women in classical Athens. Despite being barred from citizenship and political office, Aspasia ran a salon that attracted Socrates, Phidias, and the city's leading thinkers. Ancient sources like Plutarch and Aristophanes paint her as everything from a cunning intellectual to a comic villain blamed for the Samian War. We dig into the historical evidence: Was she really a teacher of rhetoric? Did she write…
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