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Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
Aspasia
Britannica 11thASPASIA, an Athenian courtesan of the sth century B.C., was born either at Miletus or at Megara, and settled in Athens, where her beauty and her accomplishments gained for her a great reputation. Pericles, who had divorced his wife (445), made her his mistress ...
Vol. 2, pp. 765-766
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Aspasius
Britannica 11thASPASIUS, a Greek peripatetic philosopher, and a prolific commentator on Aristotle. He flourished probably towards the close of the ist century A.D., or perhaps during the reign of Antoninus Pius. His commentaries on the Categories, De Interpretatione, De Sens
Vol. 2, pp. 766-766
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