Xanthippe
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This article is about Socrates' wife. For other uses, see Xanthippe (disambiguation).
Xanthippe (/zænˈθɪpi/; Greek: Ξανθίππη, Ancient: [ksantʰíppɛː], Modern: [ksanˈθipi]; 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]