Aristo of Alexandria

Aristo (or Ariston) of Alexandria (Greek: Ἀρίστων ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς) was a Peripatetic philosopher[1] who lived in the 1st century BC. According to Philodemus, he was a pupil of Antiochus of Ascalon (or possibly his brother Aristus). [2] Strabo, a later contemporary, relates a story[3] where both Ariston and Eudorus, a contemporary of his, had claimed to have written a work on the Nile, but that the two works were so nearly identical that the authors charged each other with plagiarism.[4] Who was right is not said, though Strabo seems to be inclined to think that Eudorus was the guilty party.[5]

Aristo
Ἀρίστων ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς
Bornfl. 87 BC
Alexandria
SchoolPeripatetic school

References
  1. Diogenes Laërtius, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, vii. 164.
  2. Kalligas, Paul (2020). Plato's Academy: Its Workings and its History. Cambridge University Press. p. 373. ISBN 9781108426442.
  3. Strabo, Geography, xvii. p.790.
  4. Schofield, Malcolm (17 January 2013). Aristotle, Plato and Pythagoreanism in the First Century BC: New Directions for Philosophy. Cambridge University Press. p. 41. ISBN 9781139619806.
  5.  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Ariston (literary) 4". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. p. 310.
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