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Because she was a courtesan, Pericles was not permitted to marry her, but in every way she was his partner and an important Athenian in her own right.
Aspasia was probably a hetaira. There is no English word to accurately translate hetairai, but they were more than courtesans. They were indeed sexual partners, but they were also companions, better educated than other Greek women. They were educated in philosophy, history, politics, science, art and literature, so that they could converse intelligently with sophisticated men.
Aspasia was considered by many to be the most beautiful and intelligent of the city's hetairai. Born in Ionian Greece today,Turkey , Aspasia desired one was born a citizen of Miletus, but was either orphaned or unwanted. It is possible that her father offered her to the Temple of Aphrodite, an honorable way to get rid of unwanted female children, where they would serve Aphrodite with their bodies.
Or she may have come to Athens as an orphan when Alcibiades returned from exile. In any event, she became a courtesan. Aspasia entertained the most powerful men of Athens at her symposia dinner parties. Though men openly attended such parties, wives did not.