Question
Clearchus of Soli hinted that this woman inspired Diotima, an “accomplished sophist” who appears in Plato’s Symposium. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this courtesan and lover of Pericles who hosted symposiums and dispensed relationship advice from her Athens home.
ANSWER: Aspasia (“ah-SPAH-zee-uh”) [or Aspasia of Miletus]
[10m] Aspasia hailed from this city which led the Ionian Revolt. Anaximander studied a philosopher who made his fortune by using astronomy to predict profitable olive harvests named Thales.
ANSWER: Miletus [or Miletos; prompt on Milesian]
[10e] Aspasia’s sister married Alcibiades’s grandfather after he had undergone this procedure in which votes cast via broken pottery shards expelled an Athenian citizen. It names a form of social banishment.
ANSWER: ostracism [accept word forms such as being ostracized; accept ostrakismos]
<Ganon Evans, History - European - Classical> ~22953~ <Editor: Hari Parameswaran>
Data
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 PACE NSC | 06/08/2024 | Y | 35 | 16.57 | 94% | 46% | 26% |