Aspasia

[a-spey-shuh, -zhuh]

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noun

c470–410 b.c., Athenian courtesan, mistress of Pericles.

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Aspasia (əˈspeɪzɪə)

—n
	5th century bc, Greek courtesan; mistress of Pericles

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