Susette Gontard (née Borkenstein; 1769 – 1802), dubbed Diotima by the German poet Friedrich Hölderlin after Diotima of Mantinea, was the inspiration for Hölderlin's novel Hyperion, published in 1797–1799.
Susette Gontard (née Borkenstein; 1769 – 1802), known as Diotima by German poet Friedrich Hölderlin, was the inspiration behind Hölderlin's novel "Hyperion," published in 1797–1799.