Aspaʹsia

a courtesan. She was the most celebrated of the Greek Hetæræ, to whom Perʹiclēs attached himself. On the death of Pericles she lived with Lysʹiclēs, a cattle-dealer.

⁂ The Hetæræ of Athens were, many of them, distinguished for talents and accomplishments. Those of Corinth were connected with the worship of Aphrodītē (Venus).