Xanthippe : Socrates’ pugnacious nagging wife [as were Tukārām’s & Narasimha Mehta’s].
... nagging ways as he for his equanimity. Her name was Xanthippe. I'll tell you of one incident in their eventful married life. "Once Xanthippe, ior some reason or perhaps no reason, started shouting at her husband. She made such a noise that Socrates went downstairs and out of the house and sat exhausted at his own door-step. Just then Xanthippe emptied a bucket of dirty water over his head from... such as I heard upstairs, what can one expect but a rain-storm?" 1 Please note that in the above instance character-traits (Xanthippe's irritability and Socrates's composure) and an incident (Xanthippe pouring dirty water over the head of the philosopher) have no doubt contributed to the production of humour. But by themselves these two elements would have produced a humour surely not of a high ...
... her nagging ways as he for his equanimity. Her name was Xanthippe. I'll tell you of one incident in their eventful married life. Once Xanthippe, for some reason or perhaps no reason, started shout-ing at her husband. She made such a noise that Socrates went downstairs and out of the house and sat exhausted at his own doorstep. Just then Xanthippe emptied a bucket of dirty water over his head from the ...
... Anaxagoras, who was for sometime his teacher, was probably responsible for turning Socrates from science to ethics, and Zenoʼs method of dialectic so impressed him that he adopted it as well. He married Xanthippe with whom he had three sons and held public office for a short time. He distinguished himself during the Peloponnesian War by his endurance and courage, serving as a foot soldier. He saved the life ...
... Socrates; they are taking off his chains, and giving orders that he is to die to-day.' He soon returned and said that we might come in. On entering we found Socrates just released from chains, and Xanthippe, whom you know, sitting by him, and holding his child in her arms. When she saw us she uttered a cry and said, as women will: 'O Socrates, this is the last time that either you will converse with ...
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