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Aristo
Aristo
Ἀρίστων ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς
Born	Alexandria, Egypt
School	Peripatetic school

Aristo (or Ariston) of Alexandria (Greek: Ἀρίστων ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς; fl. c. 87 BC) 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 River, 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]

References

^ Diogenes Laërtius, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, vii. 164.
^ Kalligas, Paul (2020). Plato's Academy: Its Workings and its History. Cambridge University Press. p. 373. ISBN 9781108426442.
^ Strabo, Geography, xvii. p.790.
^ 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.
^ 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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[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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