Aspasia. Gamerling R.

The novel of the Austrian poet and playwright Robert Gamerling (1830-1889) “Aspasia” is dedicated to one of the brilliant heter of the ancient world who lived during the heyday of Athenian democracy and was one of the outstanding minds of his time. A foreigner in Athens, she became the forerunner of female freedom in a country whose laws held a woman depending on men. The beloved of the ancient Greek politician and the commander of the Perira, she was considered his evil genius, who inspired the Athenian ruler to indescribable and autocratic acts and encouraged him to question his own principles.