英语词汇aspasia的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	aspasia
词源	Aspasia. The great Athenian statesman Pericles (ca. 500–429 b.c.) took for his lifelong companion the beautiful and cele- brated hetaera Aspasia of Miletus. This accomplished courtesan gave birth to his son Pericles the Younger and over the centu- ries her name became a literary euphemism for a courtesan. See thais.
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