Quote: "In Deipnosophistae, Athenaesus several times associates Aspasia with Socrates, and he says flatly that she was 'Socrates' teacher in rhetoric.'"
Question: If Women didn't really have any major role in society at the time, how could Socrates' rhetoric be accepted if it was known his teacher was a woman? Or was it only acceptable because it was Aspasia?
I think it was only accepted because it was Aspasia. On the other hand, everyone has their own definition of rhetoric and it could be possible that Socrates took her teachings as his own.
I think it was only accepted because it was Aspasia. On the other hand, everyone has their own definition of rhetoric and it could be possible that Socrates took her teachings as his own.
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