Аспазия: роман

Iz glubiny vekov doshlo do nashego vremeni krasivoe i zagadochnoe slovo "getera", v perevode s grecheskogo "podruga", "sputnit͡sa". Kem zhe byli ėti zhenshchiny, vedushchie svobodnyĭ, nezavisimyĭ obraz zhizni: obychnymi kurtizankami ili vdokhnovitelʹnit͡sami geniev? Drevnegrecheskiĭ oratori politicheskiĭ dei͡atelʹ Demosfen govoril, chto uvazhai͡ushchiĭ sebi͡a grek imeet trekh zhenshchin: zhenu - dli͡a prodolzhenii͡a roda, rabyni͡u - dli͡a chuvstvennykh utekh i geteru - dli͡a dushevnogo komforta. Odnoĭ iz vydai͡ushchikhsi͡a drevnegrecheskikh geter byla Aspazii͡a, kotoroĭ posvi͡ashchena kniga avstriĭskogo dramaturga Roberta Gammerlinga, predlagaemai͡a vashemu vnimanii͡u. Prezhde vsego, getery byli muzami, podrugami i umnymi sovetchit͡sami, poėtomu obshchenie s ėtimi shiroko obrazovannymi zhenshchinami ne tolʹko ne schitalosʹ v antichnui͡u ėpokhu chem-to predosuditelʹnym, no i bylo pochetnym. Dom Aspazii stal edva li ne samym populi͡arnym mestom v Afinakh, gde mozhno bylo vstretitʹ filosofov Anaksagora s ego uchenikom Evripidom, Zenona, Protagora, vracha Gippokrata, skulʹptora Fidii͡a i, chashche drugikh, Sokrata. Kakie rechi proiznosilisʹ tam, kakie voznikali spory! Skolʹko naslazhdeniĭ obeshchali krasivye korinfi͡anki afinskim muzham, poseshchavshim ikh sobranii͡a, kotorymi rukovodila "prelestnai͡a milezianka" Aspazii͡a! Ee krasnorechie, umenie slushatʹ i vesti spory nevolʹno zastavli͡ali prisutstvui͡ushchikh s blagogoveniem vnimatʹ recham getery. Ona vela sebi͡a kak muzhchina-intellektual, byla svobodna ot zhenskikh predrassudkov, prinimala uchastie v politicheskoĭ zhizni strany. Otkuda zhe vzi͡alasʹ zhenshchina, perevernuvshai͡a vzmakhom ruki vse Afiny? Kak smogla getera statʹ zakonnoĭ suprugoĭ praviteli͡a? Kak otneslisʹ k ėtoĭ svi͡azi politicheskie vragi Perikla? Kakie ispytanii͡a vypali na doli͡u "prelestnoĭ milezianki"? Obo vsem ėtom vy uznaete iz knigi Roberta Gammerlinga.

From the depths of centuries has come to our time a beautiful and mysterious word "hetaera", translated from the Greek "friend", "companion". Who were these women, leading free, independent lifestyle: regular courtesans and the inspirational geniuses? Ancient Greek oratori politician Demosthenes said that self-respecting Greek has three women: a wife — for procreation, a slave — for sensual pleasures and hetaera — for peace of mind. One of the outstanding ancient Greek hetaeras was Aspasia, which is devoted to the book of the Austrian playwright Robert Hammerling, offered to your attention. First of all, the Thais have been muses, girlfriends and intelligent sovetchitsey, so communication with these widely educated women not only were considered in ancient times something reprehensible, but it was honorable. The house of Aspasia became perhaps the most popular place in Athens, where you could meet the philosophers of Anaxagoras with his disciple Euripides, Zeno, Protagoras, Hippocrates doctor, sculptor Phidias and, more often than others, Socrates. What language was spoken there, were there any disputes! How many pleasures the beautiful Corinthians promised to the Athenian men who attended their meetings, led by the "lovely Milesian" Aspasia! Her eloquence, ability to listen and conduct disputes involuntarily forced the audience to listen with awe to the speeches of hetaera. She behaved like a man-intellectual, was free from women's prejudices, took part in the political life of the country. Where did the woman who turned over all Athens with a wave of her hand come from? How could hetaera become the lawful wife of the ruler? How did the political enemies of Pericles react to this connection? What trials befell the "beauty of militancy"? All this you will learn from the book by Robert Hammerling.