Aspasia of Miletus (l. c. 470-410/400 BCE) is best known as the consort of the great Athenian statesman Pericles. Her life story has always been given in the shadow of Pericles' fame, but she was a woman of great eloquence and intelligence in her own right who influenced many of the writers, thinkers, and statesmen of her time.
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c. 470 BCE - c. 400 BCELife of Aspasia of Miletus.
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c. 450 BCEAspasia meets the statesman Pericles of Athens.
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c. 445 BCEAspasia is the near-constant companion of Pericles.
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c. 428 BCEAspasia is involved with statesman Lysicles following Pericles' death; after Lysicles' death, Aspasia vanishes from history.