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Aspaʹsia

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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).

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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