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Xanthippe
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
the wife of Socrates. Her name has become proverbial in the sense of a nagging, quarrelsome woman. Attempts have been made to show that she has been maligned, notably by E. Zeller ("Zur Ehrenrettung der Xanthippe," in his Vortrage and Abhandlungen, i., 1875).
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Xanthippe'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/x/xanthippe.html. 1910.