aspasia

وی پس از جدایی پریکلس از همسر نخست خود در دههٔ ۴۴۰ با او زندگی می کرد. نفوذ او در امور سیاسی آتن و تعلیماتش خشم محافظه کاران را برانگیخت و سبب اقامهٔ دعوی در دادگاه علیه او شد که با دفاع شدید پریکلس عقیم ماند.
Milesian woman, involved with Athenian statesman Pericles
Aspasia ( /�ˈspeɪʒ ( i ) ə, - ziə, - ʃə/; Greek: Ἀσπασία Greek: [aspas�aː]; c.  470 – after 428 BC ) was a metic woman in Classical Athens. Born in Miletus, she moved to Athens and began a relationship with the statesman Pericles, with whom she had a son, Pericles the Younger. According to the traditional historical narrative, she worked as a courtesan and was tried for asebeia ( impiety ) , though modern scholars have questioned the factual basis for either of these claims, which both derive from ancient comedy. Though Aspasia is one of the best - attested women from the Greco - Roman world, and the most important woman in the history of fifth - century Athens, almost nothing is certain about her life.