[275] Xenophon, _Economicus_, VII.-IX. [276] Isaeus _de Pyrrhi Her._, Sec. 14. [277] _Antig._ 905-13. These verses are probably interpolated, but the interpolation was as early as Aristotle. The same views are placed by Herodotus in the mouth of the wife of Intarphernes (3. 119). _See_ Donaldson, _Woman_, pp. 53, 54 and note. [278] "The Position of Women in History"; Essay in the volume _The Position of Woman, Actual and Ideal_, p. 37. [279] _Medea._ [280] Theodota, _Xen. 'Mem.'_, III. II. Socrates conversed with Theodota on art and discussed with her how she could best find true friends. [281] _Symposium._ [282] _Pericles_, 24. Thargalia used her influence over the Greeks to win them over to the cause of the King of Persia. [283] Timandra, Plut., _Alcib._, c. 39. [284] Geoffrey Mortimer (W.M. Gallichan), _Chapters on Human Love_, p. 152. [285] We do not know the circumstances which induced Aspasia to come to Athens. Plutarch suggests that she was led to do so by the example of Thargalia. For full accounts of the career of Aspasia see Gomperz, _Greek Thinkers_, Vol. III.; Ivo Bruns, _Frauenemancipation in Athen_; the fine monograph, _Aspasie de Milet_, by Becq Fouquieres; Donaldson's _Woman_, pp. 60-67; also Ellis, _Psychology of Sex_, Vol. VI. p. 308. [286] Pericles at the time of his meeting Aspasia was married, but there was incompatibility of temper between him and his wife. He therefore made an agreement with his wife to have a divorce and get her remarried. Aspasia then became his companion and they remained together until the death of Pericles. Their affection for one another was considered remarkable. Plutarch tells us, as an extraordinary trait in the habits of a statesman who was remarkable for his imperturbability and control, that Pericles regularly kissed Aspasia when he went out and came in. When Pericles died Aspasia is said to have formed a friendship with Lysicles, and through her influence raised him to the position of foremost politician in Athens (Donaldson, _op. cit._, pp. 60, 61 and 63). [287] Gomperz, _Greek Thinkers_, Vol. III. p. 124. [288] _Psychology of Sex_, Vol. VI. p. 308; Donaldson, _op. cit._, p. 62. [289] _Frauenemancipation in Athen_, p. 19. [290] _Medea_, Mr. Gilbert Murray's translation.