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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 · Xanthippe was Socrates' wife, who was often portrayed as a shrew and a nuisance in ancient sources. Learn why Socrates married her for philosophical reasons, why he was poor and unemployed, and why he was executed.
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.
Xanthippe was the wife of the Greek philosopher Socrates, who was known for his dialogues and his death sentence. She was portrayed as a nagging and ungrateful woman by his disciples, but she may have been a victim of his neglect and indifference.
Xanthippe was the wife of the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates, who married her for her fiery temper. She was depicted as a quarrelsome and oppressive wife in some sources, while Socrates loved her for her argumentative nature and philosophical reasoning.
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.
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.
