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Xanthippe (/ zænˈθɪpi /; 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. She was likely much younger than Socrates, perhaps by as much as 40 years. [1] In Xenophon 's Symposium, she is described by ...
The École normale supérieure – PSL (French pronunciation: [ekɔl nɔʁmal sypeʁjœʁ]; also known as ENS, Normale sup', Ulm or ENS Paris) is a grande école in Paris, France. It is one of the constituent members of Paris Sciences et Lettres University (PSL). [6] Its pupils, predominantly postgraduate students, generally have considerable ...
156 Xanthippe is a dark background asteroid from the central regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 120 kilometers (75 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 22 November 1875, by Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa at the Austrian Naval Observatory, in what is now Croatia. [1] It is named after Xanthippe, the wife of the Greek philosopher ...
The International Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet or simply the Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet, commonly known as the NATO phonetic alphabet, is the most widely used set of clear-code words for communicating the letters of the Roman alphabet. Technically a radiotelephonic spelling alphabet, it goes by various names, including NATO spelling ...
Xanthippe (disambiguation) Xanthippe or Xantippe (from Greek Ξανθίππη) was the wife of Socrates. Xanthippe or Xantippe may also refer to: Xanthippe (mythology), three figures in Greek mythology. Acts of Xanthippe, Polyxena, and Rebecca, New Testament apocrypha that dates from the third or fourth century. 156 Xanthippe, an asteroid.
A man turned to the internet after his girlfriend gifted him some homemade artwork that he didn't love, and didn't want to hang up. In a post on Reddit's “Am I the A-----?,” a 26-year-old man ...
Lee Carsley ran into the first problems of his tenure as England's interim coach after a bold team selection backfired in a 2-1 home loss to Greece in the Nations League on Thursday.
The Taming of the Shrew is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1592.The play begins with a framing device, often referred to as the induction, [a] in which a mischievous nobleman tricks a drunken tinker named Christopher Sly into believing he is actually a nobleman himself.