In ancient Greece, whose wife was Xanthippe?
Xanthippe Xanthippe Xanthippe (; , ; 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. Xanthippe means "yellow horse", from "xanthos" "blond" and "hippos" "horse". Hers is one of many Greek personal names with a horse theme (cf. "Philippos" "Friend of Horses", "Hippocrates" "Horse-tamer" etc.). The "hippos" in an ancient Greek name often suggested aristocratic heritage. One additional reason for thinking Xanthippe's family was socially prominent was that her eldest son was named
Xanthippe in the play "Xanthippe" by the British author and playwright Deborah Freeman. "Xanthippe" was first produced at the Brockley Jack Theatre, London, in 1999. A rebellious, dramatic, female teen is named "Xanthippe" in the Netflix comedy "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" which first aired on Netflix in 2015. Emanuel Carnevali, Italian-American poet, in his "Autobiography" refers to women he meets while being treated for encephalitis in an Italian sanatorium as "Xanthippes all." Asteroid 156 Xanthippe is named in her honour. In 1995, P. Naskrecki and R.K. Colwell gave the patronym "Xanthippe" to a genus of flower mite that inhabits flowers of palms