Aspasia. Sculptor: Johann Wilhelm Beyer. Aspasia was a Milesian courtesan and lover of the Athenian
Aspasia. Sculptor: Johann Wilhelm Beyer. Aspasia was a Milesian courtesan and lover of the Athenian statesman Pericles. She appears in the writings of Plato, Aristophanes, Xenophon, and other authors of that time. Aspasia and Pericles had a son, Pericles the Younger, who became a general in the Athenian military and was executed after the Battle of Arginusae. -- source link
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