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Aspasia's role

"Secretly operating as the Ghost of Kosmos, Aspasia became aware of the existence of Alexios and Kassandra, descendants of Leonidas. She acted in the best interests of the Cult and the Greek world by having the Pythia Praxithea sentence the infant Alexios to death." Where's the source for this claim? We know for a fact that the Cult forced Praxithea's words, had her deliver the prophecy that doomed the infant, but that Aspasia herself called for this? Sadelyrate (siniath) 07:48, June 3, 2020 (UTC)

bump this. We don’t know when Aspasia became the leader or the real intent behind that decision. Lacrossedeamon (talk) 08:44, June 17, 2020 (UTC)

Presence in the Sanctuary

"Was Aspasia present for the Cult's meeting in the Sanctuary of Delphi? (by VilkaTheWolf)" —unsigned comment by VilkaTheWolf (talk · contr)

As far as I can tell, no, she wasn't. If she was, she was one of the silent members. Sadelyrate (siniath) 07:51, June 3, 2020 (UTC)

I always assumed she was actually the Cultist that meets you at the entrance but I have nothing to back that up. Lacrossedeamon (talk) 17:52, June 3, 2020 (UTC)

Death date

Wikipedia revamped there article on Aspasia in the last few years and removed the c. 400 BCE death date in favor for just "after 428 BCE" with a note reading "Aspasia's date of birth and death are uncertain. Her birthdate is inferred to be c. 470 BC based on the birthdates of her children; nothing is known of her life after her supposed relationship with Lysicles (429–428 BC), although the structure of Aeschines' dialogue Aspasia implies that she died before the execution of Socrates in 399." which cites Bicknell, Peter J. (1982). "Axiochus Alkibiadou, Aspasia and Aspasios", Henry, Madeleine M. (1995). Prisoner of History. Aspasia of Miletus and her Biographical Tradition, and Taylor, A.E. (1955) [1st edition 1926]. Plato: The Man and His Work. The last source along with Nails, Debra (2000). The People of Plato: A Prosopography of Plato and Other Socratics was used to cite the original 400 BCE death date. Lacrossedeamon (talk) 07:23, 7 June 2024 (UTC)