Aristo of Alexandria

Aristo
Native name Ἀρίστων ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς
Born fl. 87 BC
Alexandria
School Peripatetic school

Aristo (or Ariston) of Alexandria (Greek: Ἀρίστων ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς) was a Peripatetic philosopher and a contemporary of Strabo in the 1st century. He wrote a work on the Nile.[1] Eudorus, a contemporary of his, wrote a book on the same subject, and the two works were so much alike,[2] that the authors charged each other with plagiarism.[3] Who was right is not said, though Strabo seems to be inclined to think that Eudorus was the guilty party.

Notes

  1. ↑ Diogenes Laertius. Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers. vii. 164.
  2. ↑ Strabo. Geographica. xvii.
  3. ↑ 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.

References

  •  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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