Aspasia

A young woman crosses the Athenian Agora—and conversations die, strangers stare, and even the sternest faces betray themselves. Aspasia has not spoken a word, yet the city is already in her spell.

In Pericles’ Athens, stone walls rise toward the harbor, ships bring wealth from distant shores, and artists debate what beauty ought to serve. Aspasia’s striking presence unsettles this world of statesmen and sculptors, awakening fascination, scorn, and rivalry in equal measure. As the city grows powerful and its ambitions reach from public works to private hearts, Pericles and the sculptor Phidias are among those drawn into her orbit. What will Athens make of the woman who can command a crowd with nothing more than a glance?

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