Thargelia of Miletus

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Thargelia of Miletus ( Greek Θαργηλία Thargēlía ) was, according to Plutarch, an Ionian of the old days (probably around the turn of the 6th to the 5th century BC). She was the daughter of Hagesagoras, of great beauty, delightful and was considered to be extremely clever.

Thargelia associated with the most influential Greek men and thus won all of her lovers for the Persian great king . In this way she sowed the seeds of Persian sentiments in the Greek cities of Asia Minor . According to Hippias von Elis, she is said to have been married to fourteen different men. According to this description, she was probably a hetaera . Thargelia married Antiochus , ruler of Thessaly , and ruled the country for 30 years after his death. She successfully resisted the march of Darius I of Persia against Greece and later established a good relationship between the Persian king and her homeland by getting her lovers to support the former. Eventually she was murdered by an argeon she had once taken to prison. Thargelia is said to have served as a model for Aspasia .

It is possible that the sources do not refer to the same Thargelia and that a distinction must be made between an older and a younger Thargelia.

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SURNAME Thargelia of Miletus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Θαργηλία (Greek)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION probably Ionic hetaera
DATE OF BIRTH 7th century BC BC or 6th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 6th century BC BC or 5th century BC Chr.