The Bas Bleu (1786) [ People / Practices ]
… mean to ope my slender piece; The rare Symposium to proclaim Which crown'd th' Athenians' social name; Or how Aspasia's parties shone, The first Bas-bleu at Athens known; Where SOCRATES unbending sat, With ALCIBIADES in chat; And PERICLES …
Bluestockings | Women | Greece
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