person
Xanthippe
also: Ксантиппа
The wife of Socrates, proverbial in later tradition (via an anecdote in Diogenes Laertius) for her sharp temper.
Reading notes
- The Alarm Clock's Calendar §220 Xanthippe
The wife of Socrates, proverbial since antiquity (via an anecdote recorded by Diogenes Laertius) for her sharp temper; here she douses her husband with a tub of slops.
- The Guard Under Guard §19 Xanthippe
The wife of Socrates, proverbial since antiquity (via an anecdote in Diogenes Laertius) as a nagging, ill-tempered spouse; paired here with Herodias for comic escalation.