Aspasia

Aspasia of Miletus, born during the 5th century BC, was renown for her outspoken ways and for being the mistress of the statesman Pericles. The expectations of women throughout that century, such as staying at home and serving their spouse, were adhered to by many. However, she defied these expectations which thus resulted in gaining large controversy, yet respect from Athenian citizens. Aspasia's intellect resulted in a minority of Athenian citizens holding her in high esteem. It is said that "some

associates, Phidias and his companion, Aspasia, faced a series of personal and judicial attacks. Phidias, who had been in charge of all building projects, was first accused of embezzling gold meant for the statue of Athena and then of impiety, because, when he wrought the battle of the Amazons on the shield of Athena, he carved out a figure that suggested himself as a bald old man, and also inserted a very fine likeness of Pericles fighting with an Amazon. Aspasia, who was noted for her ability as a

couples achieve great success together, and individually. Aspasia and Pericles were the ultimate power couple of their era because together they achieved so much. There is one name that no other woman should possess for it only suites the most beautiful, one whose beauty is far greater than even the Greek goddess of beauty Aphrodite. Most intellectual being far greater than that of any Philosophers much like Socrates in the flesh. The name Aspasia, my name. It is of Greek origin. Meaning to invite, or

military leaders of ancient Greece were predominantly male. Ancient Greek society was a patriarchy, and women were not given equal rights, authority, or representation. Despite this inequality, some exceptional women in ancient Greece, such as Aspasia and Sappho, earned power and privileges that were traditionally reserved for men. These women played an important role in Greek civilization, demonstrating the under-appreciated accomplishments of women. As a renown female poet in a male-dominant

master’s degree in math also at Harvard. The objective of this paper is to inform us about Ancient Athens while being humorous and accurate. I will argue that Gonick’s History of the Universe is accurate in every way. My three topics are the Metics and Aspasia, the role of women in Ancient Athens and the status of slaves in Ancient Athens. The Metics of ancient Athens were considered alien residents in Ancient Athens. “Besides the slaves, another large

Athenian Women Athenian society was very dynamic in many areas while it was strict in regard to the treatment of women. Although Athenian women were protected by the state and did not know a different way of living, they were very stifled and restricted. The only exception was slaves, and heteria, prostitutes, and this was due to the fact that they had no male guardians. Since these women were on there own they had to take care of themselves, and therefore were independent. In a more recent

Prostitutes in Ancient Athens Works Cited Missing Ancient Athens was a highly polarized society in which citizenship meant everything. Citizenship permitted individuals to not only participate in the democratic government but also gave them access to all the rights and splendors of the city. A citizen controlled influence over slaves, foreigners and most importantly women. Athenian women were relegated to the status of child bearers and keepers of the household. There was no room for

Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be primary sources written by the women, or any work they did create has been lost to time. Aspasia was considered not only a close friend of Socrates, but a teacher of rhetoric to him (Swearingen 32). This fact should be unsettling for the modern reader. Socrates is considered to be the father of western philosophy in many ways. In spite of this

Pericles’ Funeral Oration Analysis Pericles, as we know, was an exceeding leader and statesmen for most of Athen’s reign during the 5th century B.C.E. He was an extremely successful man, and well rounded in many aspects of Athenian leadership. He wasn’t just a statesman for Athens, he was a persuasive politician, glorified military leader, and filled with boastful patriotism towards Athens. It was common ritual for speeches to be given to the survived families of the fallen after war, but Pericles

The Athens law that allows every single man of Athens to share and glorifies their superiority over their peer poleis. In reality, the Democracy in Athens are made of Three Branches. The Assembly (Ekklesia) states that all male citizens over 18 met ten times a year and can make executive decisions like declaring war and create laws. The Assembly contradicts Pericles’ speech since it only allow white males (not slaves) to create laws and make executive decisions. The Council of 500 (Boule) contradicts