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Aspasia of Miletus: The Woman Who Shaped Periclean Athens
Aspasia of Miletus was one of the most influential women of classical Athens, yet she remains a shadowy figure in history. As the companion of Pericles, she became a target of comic poets and political enemies, accused of corrupting Athenian women and even causing the Samian War. But behind the slander lies a woman widely respected for her rhetorical skill and intellectual partnership with the city's greatest statesman. This episode explores what we know—and what we can't know—about Aspasia's life: her origins as a metic from Miletus, her role in Pericles' household and…
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