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Xanthippe from Guillaume Rouillé's Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum. Xanthippe (/ z æ n ˈ θ ɪ p i /; Greek: Ξανθίππη [ksantʰíppɛː]; fl. 5th–4th century BCE) was an ancient Athenian, the wife of Socrates and mother of their three sons: Lamprocles, Sophroniscus, and Menexenus.
Mar 3, 2014 · Poor Xanthippe, she probably wasn’t the most agreeable person. But then again, she did have a rather difficult husband. If Socrates was a real person today, she would have divorced him long ago and taken full custody of the children.
Word History. Etymology. Greek Xanthippē, shrewish wife of Socrates. First Known Use. 1691, in the meaning defined above. Time Traveler. The first known use of Xanthippe was in 1691. See more words from the same year.
Athenian wife of Socrates whose name, thanks to the philosopher's disciples, has for centuries been a byword for a sharp-tongued shrew . Name variations: Xantippe. Born around 435 bce; death date unknown; married Socrates (the Greek philosopher); children—only sons are known: Lamprocles, Sophroniscus, and Menexenus.
Jul 12, 2015 · In the transmission of Socrates’s wisdom through the Islamic world and early medieval Europe, Socrates’s acceptance of Xanthippe’s abusive behavior was transformed into Socrates’s general disparagement of women. That represents a failure of substantive critique that continues in the classical tradition today.
Jul 2, 2017 · Sokrates’s wife Xanthippe briefly appears in one scene in Platon’s dialogue Phaidon, where she runs up to Sokrates and cries on his shoulder just before he is about to drink the cup of hemlock that will kill him.
The final reference is to Xanthippe, the wife of the famous Greek philosopher Socrates. She was notorious for her nagging and shrewishness. Apollo and Sibyl, Salvator Rosa, c. 1661
In Greek mythology, Xanthippe (Ancient Greek: Ξανθίππη "yellow horse" derived from ξανθος xanthos "yellow" and ‘ιππος hippos "horse") is a name that may refer to: Xanthippe, daughter of Dorus, son of Apollo and Phthia. She was the wife of King Pleuron and mother by him of Agenor, Sterope, Stratonice and Laophonte.
Socrates & Xanthippe by Wolfgang Niesielski. Xanthippe, one day, urged her Socrates almost falling to her knees, to “Please discontinue, quit, stop and cease that constant ‘I know nothing’ tease.” “But I know something and I always will – that I know nothing, absolutely nil!” “Yes, and that’s exactly what gives me fits.
6 days ago · Quick Reference. (5th century bc), wife of the philosopher Socrates. Her allegedly bad-tempered behaviour towards her husband has made her proverbial as a shrew. From: Xanthippe in The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ». Subjects: Philosophy.
