why is xantippe,socrates wife, said to be an ugly woman??

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pls help

2007-01-08 18:58:25 · 4 answers · asked by NuRz 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy

Maybe it was not her looks they were referring to but rather her shrewish and nagging personality.

2007-01-08 20:40:17 · answer #1 · answered by woman in the well 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Nobody was attractive until, like, the 1960's.

2007-01-09 03:06:40 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

I've never heard that Xanthippe was ugly, just that she was really shrewish and unpleasant.

2007-01-09 03:04:25 · answer #3 · answered by Iris 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋

I think its because he kept hitting on one of his students. He was gay you know.

2007-01-09 03:31:36 · answer #4 · answered by ragdefender 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋