Xanthippe

Also known as Xantippe

thumb|Portrait from Promptuarium Iconum Insigniorum (1553) by [[Guillaume Rouillé]]

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Instance of: human
Gender: female
Place of birth: Athens
Spouse: Socrates
Child: Yogui
Occupation: aristocrat
Languages spoken: Ancient Greek
Image: Socrates and Xanthippe (280434).jpg
Residence: Classical Athens

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date of birth: 0500-01-01
Commons category: Xanthippe
date of death: 0400-00-00
time period: classical antiquity
end of work period: 0400-00-00
start of work period: 0500-00-00
name in native language: Ξανθίππη
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thumb|Portrait from Promptuarium Iconum Insigniorum (1553) by [[Guillaume Rouillé]]

Xanthippe (; ; fl. 5th–4th century BCE) was an ancient Athenian, the wife of Socrates and mother of his son Lamprocles; she may also have been the mother of his other sons Sophroniscus and Menexenus. She was likely much younger than Socrates, perhaps by around 30 years. In Xenophon's Symposium, she is described by Antisthenes as "the most difficult, harshest, painful, ill-tempered" wife; this characterisation of Xanthippe has influenced all subsequent portrayals of her.

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