A better edition, with some
Aristeides
left two sons, Nicerus and Ariston,
of the Greek Scholia, is that of Samuel Jebb, Ox- to whom he taught his art.
of the Greek Scholia, is that of Samuel Jebb, Ox- to whom he taught his art.
William Smith - 1844 - Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities - a
)
[A. H. C. )
the Atthides of Hellanicus and Philochorus, and 3. Son of Archippus, an Athenian
the Chia of Ion.
mander of the ships sent to collect money from
com-
1
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ARISTEIDES.
2. 95
ARISTEIDES.
an amusement.
Ee
18
tee
the Greek states in B. C. 425 and 424. (Thuc. statues. (Lilin. Epist. 1551. ) One of these re-
iv. 50, 75. )
presenting the rhetorician in a sitting attitude, wirs
4. An Élean, conquered in the armed race at discovered in the 16th century, and is at present
the Olympic, in the Diaulos at the Pythian, and in the Vatican museum. The museum of Verona
in the boys' horse-race at the Nemcan games. contains an inscription to his honour. (Visconti,
(Paus. vi. 16. $ 3. )
Iconograph. Grcoy. i. plate xxxi. p. 373, &c. ; Bar-
ARISTEʻIDES P. AELIUS ('Aplotelons), toli, Dissert. Sul. Níuseo Veronesc, Verona, 1745,
surnamed THEODORUS, one of the most cele-4to. )
brated Greek rhetoricians of the second century The works of Aristeides extant nre, fifty-five
after Christ, was the son of Eudaemon, a priest of orations and declamations (including those which
Zeus, and born at Adriani in Mysia, according to were discovered by Morelli and Mai), and two
some in A. D. 129, and according to others in A. D. treatises on rhetorical subjects of little value, viz.
17. He shewed extraordinary talents even in περί πολιτικού λόγου και περί αφελούς λόγου.
his early youth, and devoted himself with an al- Some of his orations are eulogies on the power of
most unparalleled zeal to the study of rhetoric, certain divinities, others are panegyrics on lowns,
which appeared to him the worthiest occupation of such as Smyrna, Cizycus, Rome ; one among them
a man, and along with it he cultivated poetry as is a Panathenaicus, and an imitation of that of
Besides the rhetorician Herodes Isocrates. Others again treat on subjects con-
Atticus, whom he heard at Athens, he also received nected with rhetoric and eloquence. The bix
instructions from Aristocles at Pergamus, from orations called iepol lóyou, which were mentioned
Polemon at Smyrna, and from the granımarian above, have attracted considerable attention in
Alexander of Cottyaeum. (Philostr. Vit. Soph. ii. 9; modern times, on account of the various stories
Suidas, s. v. 'Apioteions ; Aristeid. Orai. fun. in they contain respecting the cures of the sick in
Alex. p. 80, ed. Jebb. ) After being sufficiently temples, and on account of the apparent resem-
prepared for his profession, he travelled for some blance between these cures and those said to be
time, and visited various places in Asia, Africa, effected by Mesmerisin. (Thorlacius, Opuscul. ii.
especially Egypt, Greece, and Italy. The fame of p. 129, &c. ) A list of the orations extant
his talents and acquirements, which preceded him as well as of the lost works of Aristeides, is given
everywhere, was so great, that monuments were in Fabricius (Bibl. Gr. vi. p. 15, &c. ), and more
erected to his honour in several towns which he completely by Westermann. (Gesch. der Griech.
had honoured with his presence. (Aristeid. Orat. Beredtsank. p. 321, dc. ) Aristeides as an orator
Aegypt. ii. p. 331, &c. ; Philostr. Vit. Soph. ii. 9. is much superior to the majority of rhetoricians in
§ 1. ) Shortly before his return, and while yet in his time, whose great and only ambition was to
Italy, he was attacked by an illness which lasted shine and make a momentary impression by ex-
for thirteen years. He had from his childhood been tempore speeches, and a brilliant aud dazzling
of a very weakly constitution, but neither this nor style. Aristeides, with whom thought was of far
his protracted illness prevented his prosecuting his greater importance than the form in which it ap-
studies, for he was well at intervals; and in his peared, expressed the difference between hiinself
"Sermones Sacri” (iepol nóyou, a sort of diary of and the other rhetoricians, at his first interview
his illness and his recovery), he relates that he was with the emperor, M. Aurelius, by saying, oủk
frequently encouraged by visions in his dreams to | εσμέν των εμούντων, αλλά των ακριβούντων.
cultivate rhetoric to the exclusion of all other (Philostr. l'it. Suph. ii. 9. & 2; Sopat. Proleg. in
studies. During this period and afterwards, be Aristid. p. 738, ed. Dind. ) He despised the silly
resided at Smyrna, whither he had gone on ac- puns, the shallow witticisms and insignificant or-
count of its batbs, but he made occasional excur- naments of his contemporaries, and sought nourish-
sions into the country, to Pergamus, Phocaea, and ment for his mind in the study of the ancients.
other towns. (Serm. Sacr. ii. p. 304, iv. p. 324. In his panegyric orations, however, he often en-
&c. ) He had great influence with the emperor M. deavours to display as much brilliancy of style as
Aurelius, whose acquaintance he had formed in he can. On the whole his style is brief and con-
lonia, and when in A. D. 178, Smyrna was to a cise, but too frequently deficient in ease and clear-
great extent destroyed by an earthquake, Aris- His sentiments are often trivial and spun
teides represented the deplorable condition of the out to an intolerable length, which leaves the
city and its inhabitants in such vivid colours to reader nothing to think upon for hiinself. His
the emperor that he was moved to tears, and gene orations remind us of a man who is fond of hear-
rously assisted the Smyrnaeans in rebuilding their ing himself talk. Notwithstanding these defects,
town. The Smyrnaeans shewed their gratitude however, Aristeides is still unsurpassed by any of
to Aristeides by erecting to him a brazen statue in his contemporaries. His admirers compared him
their agora, and by calling him the founder of their to Demosthenes, and even Aristeides did not
town. (Philostr. Vit. Soph. ii. 9. § 2; Aristeid. think himself much inferior. This ranity and self-
Epist. ad M. Aurel. et Commod. i. p. 512. ) Va- sufficiency made liim enemies and opponents,
rious other honours and distinctions were offered among whom are mentioned Palladius (Libar. .
to him at Smyrna, but he refused them, and accept-| Epist. 546), Sergius, and Porphyrinis. (Suid. x. vr. )
ed only the office of priest of Asclepius, which he But the number of his admirers was far greater,
held until his death, about a. D. 180, according to and several learned grammarians wrote commen.
some, at the age of 60, and according to others of taries on his orations. Besides Athanasius, Me-
70. The circumstance of his living for so many nander, and others, whose works are losi, we must
years at Smyra, and enjoying such great honours mention especially Sopater of Apamea, who is pro-
ihere, is probably the reason that in an epigram bably the author of the Greek Prolegomena to the
still extant (Anthol. Planud. p. 376) he is regard- orations of Aristcides, and also of some among the
ed as a native of Smyrna. The memory of Aris Scholia on Aristeides, which have been published by
teides was honoured in several ancient towns by Trominel (Scholia in Aristidis Orationes, Frankš.
Ded
SA
ness.
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296
ARISTEIDES.
ARISTEIDES.
acrum
son,
bon.
1
1826, 8vo. ), and by Dindorf (vol. iii. of his edition, but that Mummius, having thug discovered the
of Aristeides), and which contain a great many value of the picture, refused to sell it to Attalus,
things of importance for mythology, history, and and took it to Rome, where it was placed in the
antiquities. They also contain numerous fragments temple of Cerot and was the first foreign painting
of works now lost. The greater part of these which was exposed to public view at Rome. The
Scholia are probably compilations from the com- commentators are in doubt whether these two pas-
mentaries of Arethas, Metrophanes, and other sages refer to the same picture. (See also Strab.
grammarians. Respecting the life of Aristeides, viii. p. 381. ) Aristeides was celebrated for his
compare J. Masson, Collectanea Historica Aristulis pictures of courtezans, and hence he was called
et vitam spectantia, ordine chronologico Topvoypaços. (Athen. xiii. p. 567, b. )
He was
digestu, in the edition of Jebb, and reprinted in somewhat harsh in his colouring. (Plin. xxxv. 36.
that of Dindorf. The first edition of the orations § 19. ) According to some authorities, the inven-
of Aristeides (53 in number) is that of Florence, tion of encaustic painting in wax (Dict. of Ant. s. v.
1517, fol. In 1566 W. Canter published at Basel Painting, pp. 685, 686) was ascribed to Aristeides,
a Latin translation, in which many passages were and its perfection to Praxiteles; but Pliny ob-
skilfully corrected. This translation, together with serves, that there were extant encaustic pictures of
the Greek text, was re-edited by P. Stephens, Polygnotus, Nicanor, and Arcesilaus. (xxxv. 39. )
1604, in 3 vols. 8vo.
A better edition, with some Aristeides left two sons, Nicerus and Ariston,
of the Greek Scholia, is that of Samuel Jebb, Ox- to whom he taught his art. (ARISTON ; Nicerus. )
ford, 1722, 2 vols. 4to. Many corrections of the
Another Aristeides is mentioned as his disciple.
text of this edition are contained in Reiske's (Plin. xxxv. 36. & 23. ) The words of Pliny, which
Animadversiones in Auct. Graec. vol. iii. Morelli are at first sight somewhat obscure, are rightly ex-
published in 1761 the oration após dentlyn Útep plained in the following table by Sillig. (Catal.
atenelas, which he had discovered in a Venetian | Art. 8. v. Antorides. )
MS. It was afterwards edited again by F. A.
Aristeides of Thebes.
Wolf, in his edition of Demosthenes' oration
against Leptines (Halle, 1789), and by Grauert in
his Declamationes Leptineae. (Bonn, 1827, 8vo. )
Niceros,
Ariston,
This edition of Grauert contains also an oration
Aristeides,
disciple.
προς Δημοσθένη περί ατελείας, which had been
1
discovered by A. Mai, and published in his Nova
Collect. Script. Vet. vol. i. p. 3. A complete edi-
tion of all the works of Aristeides, which gives a
Antorides and Euphranor,
correct text and all the Scholia, was published by
disciples.
W. Dindorf, Leipzig, 1829, 3 vols. 8vo. [L. S. ] 2. A sculptor, who was celebrated for his statues of
ARISTEIDES, ARTISTS. 1. Of Thebes, was one four-horsed and two-horsed chariots. Since he was
of the most celebrated Greek painters. His father the disciple of Polycletus, he must have fourisbed
was Aristodemus, his teachers were Euxenidas and about 388 B. C. (Plin. xxxiv. 19. § 12. ) Perbaps
his brother Nicomachus. (Plin. xxxv. 36. $$ 7, 22. ) | he was the same person as the Aristeides who
He was a somewhat older contemporary of Apelles made some improvements in the goals of the Olym-
(Plin. xxxv. 36. & 19), and flourished about 360-pic stadium. (Paus. vi. 20. $ 7; Bockh, Corp. In-
330 B. C. The point in which he most excelled is scrip. i. p. 39. )
[P. S. )
thus described by Pliny (l. c. ): “Is omnium primus ARISTEIDES, of ATHENS, one of the earliest
animum pinxit et sensus hominum expressit, quae Christian apologetic writers, was at first a philoso-
vocant Graeci non, item perturbationes," that is, pher, and continued such after he became a Chris
he depicted the feelings, expressions, and passions tian. He is described by Jerome as a most elo-
which may be observed in common life. One of quent man. His apology for Christianity, which
his finest pictures was that of a babe approaching he presented to the Emperor Hadrian about 123
the breast of its mother, who was mortally wound- or 126 A. D. , was imbued with the principles of
ed, and whose fear could be plainly seen lest the the Greek philosophy. It is said that the apology
child should suck blood instead of milk. (Anthol. of Justin, who was also a philosopher, was, to a
Gracc. ii. p. 25), Jacobs. ) Fuseli (Lect. 1) has great extent, an imitation of that of Aristeides.
shewn how admirably in this picture the artist The work of Aristeides is entirely lost. (Euseb.
drew the line between pity and disgust. Alexander Hist. Eccles. iv. 3, Chron. Armon. ; Hieron. de l'ir.
admired the picture so much, that he removed it to Illust. 20; Epist. ad Magn. Orat. 84, p. 327. ) (P. S. )
Pella. Another of his pictures was a suppliant, ARISTEIDES, the author of a work entitled
whose voice you seemed almost to hear. Several MILESIACA (Mianolaká or Mianolakol 16you),
other pictures of his are mentioned by Pliny (1. c. ), which was probably a romance, having Miletus for
and among them an Iris (ib. 40. § 41), which, its scene. It was written in prose, and was of a
though unfinished, excited the greatest admiration. licentious character. It extended to six books at
As examples of the high price set upon his works, the least. (Harpocrat. s. v. depunoths. ) It was
Pliny (il. 36. & 19) tells us, that he painted a pic- translated into Latin by L. Cornelius Sisenda, a
ture for Mnason, tyrant of Elatea, representing a contemporary of Sulla, and it seems to have be-
battle with the Persians, and containing a hundred come popular with the Romans. (Plut. Crass.
figures, for each of which Aristeides received ten 32 ; Ovid. Trist. ii. 413, 414, 443, 444 ; Lucian,
minae ; and that long after his death, Attalus, king Amor. 1. ) Aristeides is reckoned as the inventor
of Pergamus, gave a hundred talents for one of his of the Greek romance, and the title of his work is
pictures. (11. and vii. 39. ) In another passage supposed to have given rise to the term Milesian,
(xxxv. 8) Pliny tells us, that when Mummius was as applied to works of fiction. Some writers think
selling the spoils of Greece, Attalus bought a pic- that his work was imitated by Appuleius in his
ture of Bacchus by Aristeides for 600,000 sesterces, | Metamorphoses, and by Lucian in bis Lucius,
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297
ARISTION.
This w:18
i
The age and country of Aristeides are unknown, his way with slight loss into the town.
hut the title of his work is thought to favour the now blockaded, and Aristeus, seeing no hope, bid
conjecture that he was a native of Miletus. Vos them leave himself with a garrison of 500, and the
sus (de Hist. Graec. p. 401, ed. Westermann) rest make their way to sca. This escape was
supposes, that he was the same person as the Aris cffected, and he himself induced to join in it; afur
teides of Miletus, whose works on Sicilian, Italian, which he was occupied in petty warfare in Chalci-
and Persian bistory (Likehike, 'Italuxé, nepouká) dice, and negotiations for aid from Peloponnesis.
are several times quoted by Plutarch (Parall. ), Finally, not long before the surrender of Potidae,
and that the author of the historical work nepi in the second year of the war, B. C. 430, he set out
Kvídou was also the same person. (Schol. Pind. with other ambassadors from Peloponnesus for the
Pyth. iii. 14. )
[P. S. ) court of Persia ; but visiting Sitalces the Odrysian
ARISTEIDES QUINTILIANUS ('Aplotels in their way, they were given to Athenian ambas-
ons Koört Alavós), the author of a treatise in three sadors there by Sadocus, his son, and sent 10
books on music (Ilepl Movoinnis). Nothing is Athens; and at Athens, partly from fear of the
known of his history, nor is he mentioned by any energy and ability of Aristeus, partly in retaliation
ancient writer. But he must have lived after for the cruelties practised by Sparta, he was imme-
Cicero, whom he quotes (p. 70), and before Marti diately put to death. (Thuc. i. 60-65, ii. 67;
anus Capella, who has made use of this treatise in Herod. vii. 137; Thirlwall's Greece, iii. pp. 102
his work De Nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii, lib. 9. -4, 162, 3. )
(A. H. C. )
It seems probable also that he must be placed be- 2. A Corinthian, son of Pellichus, one of the
fore Ptolemy, since he does not mention the dif- commanders of the Corinthian fleet sent against
ference between that writer and his predecessors Epidamnus, B. C. 436. (Tbuc. i. 29. )
with respect to the number of the modes. (Aristox- 3. A Spartan commander, B. C. 423. (Thuc.
enus reckoned 13, his followers 15, but Ptolemy iv. 132. )
only 7. See Aristeid. pp. 22, 23; Ptol. Harm. ii. 9. ) 4. An Argive, the son Cheimon, conquered in
The work of Aristeides is perhaps the most the Dolichos at the Olympic games. (Paus.
[A. H. C. )
the Atthides of Hellanicus and Philochorus, and 3. Son of Archippus, an Athenian
the Chia of Ion.
mander of the ships sent to collect money from
com-
1
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ARISTEIDES.
2. 95
ARISTEIDES.
an amusement.
Ee
18
tee
the Greek states in B. C. 425 and 424. (Thuc. statues. (Lilin. Epist. 1551. ) One of these re-
iv. 50, 75. )
presenting the rhetorician in a sitting attitude, wirs
4. An Élean, conquered in the armed race at discovered in the 16th century, and is at present
the Olympic, in the Diaulos at the Pythian, and in the Vatican museum. The museum of Verona
in the boys' horse-race at the Nemcan games. contains an inscription to his honour. (Visconti,
(Paus. vi. 16. $ 3. )
Iconograph. Grcoy. i. plate xxxi. p. 373, &c. ; Bar-
ARISTEʻIDES P. AELIUS ('Aplotelons), toli, Dissert. Sul. Níuseo Veronesc, Verona, 1745,
surnamed THEODORUS, one of the most cele-4to. )
brated Greek rhetoricians of the second century The works of Aristeides extant nre, fifty-five
after Christ, was the son of Eudaemon, a priest of orations and declamations (including those which
Zeus, and born at Adriani in Mysia, according to were discovered by Morelli and Mai), and two
some in A. D. 129, and according to others in A. D. treatises on rhetorical subjects of little value, viz.
17. He shewed extraordinary talents even in περί πολιτικού λόγου και περί αφελούς λόγου.
his early youth, and devoted himself with an al- Some of his orations are eulogies on the power of
most unparalleled zeal to the study of rhetoric, certain divinities, others are panegyrics on lowns,
which appeared to him the worthiest occupation of such as Smyrna, Cizycus, Rome ; one among them
a man, and along with it he cultivated poetry as is a Panathenaicus, and an imitation of that of
Besides the rhetorician Herodes Isocrates. Others again treat on subjects con-
Atticus, whom he heard at Athens, he also received nected with rhetoric and eloquence. The bix
instructions from Aristocles at Pergamus, from orations called iepol lóyou, which were mentioned
Polemon at Smyrna, and from the granımarian above, have attracted considerable attention in
Alexander of Cottyaeum. (Philostr. Vit. Soph. ii. 9; modern times, on account of the various stories
Suidas, s. v. 'Apioteions ; Aristeid. Orai. fun. in they contain respecting the cures of the sick in
Alex. p. 80, ed. Jebb. ) After being sufficiently temples, and on account of the apparent resem-
prepared for his profession, he travelled for some blance between these cures and those said to be
time, and visited various places in Asia, Africa, effected by Mesmerisin. (Thorlacius, Opuscul. ii.
especially Egypt, Greece, and Italy. The fame of p. 129, &c. ) A list of the orations extant
his talents and acquirements, which preceded him as well as of the lost works of Aristeides, is given
everywhere, was so great, that monuments were in Fabricius (Bibl. Gr. vi. p. 15, &c. ), and more
erected to his honour in several towns which he completely by Westermann. (Gesch. der Griech.
had honoured with his presence. (Aristeid. Orat. Beredtsank. p. 321, dc. ) Aristeides as an orator
Aegypt. ii. p. 331, &c. ; Philostr. Vit. Soph. ii. 9. is much superior to the majority of rhetoricians in
§ 1. ) Shortly before his return, and while yet in his time, whose great and only ambition was to
Italy, he was attacked by an illness which lasted shine and make a momentary impression by ex-
for thirteen years. He had from his childhood been tempore speeches, and a brilliant aud dazzling
of a very weakly constitution, but neither this nor style. Aristeides, with whom thought was of far
his protracted illness prevented his prosecuting his greater importance than the form in which it ap-
studies, for he was well at intervals; and in his peared, expressed the difference between hiinself
"Sermones Sacri” (iepol nóyou, a sort of diary of and the other rhetoricians, at his first interview
his illness and his recovery), he relates that he was with the emperor, M. Aurelius, by saying, oủk
frequently encouraged by visions in his dreams to | εσμέν των εμούντων, αλλά των ακριβούντων.
cultivate rhetoric to the exclusion of all other (Philostr. l'it. Suph. ii. 9. & 2; Sopat. Proleg. in
studies. During this period and afterwards, be Aristid. p. 738, ed. Dind. ) He despised the silly
resided at Smyrna, whither he had gone on ac- puns, the shallow witticisms and insignificant or-
count of its batbs, but he made occasional excur- naments of his contemporaries, and sought nourish-
sions into the country, to Pergamus, Phocaea, and ment for his mind in the study of the ancients.
other towns. (Serm. Sacr. ii. p. 304, iv. p. 324. In his panegyric orations, however, he often en-
&c. ) He had great influence with the emperor M. deavours to display as much brilliancy of style as
Aurelius, whose acquaintance he had formed in he can. On the whole his style is brief and con-
lonia, and when in A. D. 178, Smyrna was to a cise, but too frequently deficient in ease and clear-
great extent destroyed by an earthquake, Aris- His sentiments are often trivial and spun
teides represented the deplorable condition of the out to an intolerable length, which leaves the
city and its inhabitants in such vivid colours to reader nothing to think upon for hiinself. His
the emperor that he was moved to tears, and gene orations remind us of a man who is fond of hear-
rously assisted the Smyrnaeans in rebuilding their ing himself talk. Notwithstanding these defects,
town. The Smyrnaeans shewed their gratitude however, Aristeides is still unsurpassed by any of
to Aristeides by erecting to him a brazen statue in his contemporaries. His admirers compared him
their agora, and by calling him the founder of their to Demosthenes, and even Aristeides did not
town. (Philostr. Vit. Soph. ii. 9. § 2; Aristeid. think himself much inferior. This ranity and self-
Epist. ad M. Aurel. et Commod. i. p. 512. ) Va- sufficiency made liim enemies and opponents,
rious other honours and distinctions were offered among whom are mentioned Palladius (Libar. .
to him at Smyrna, but he refused them, and accept-| Epist. 546), Sergius, and Porphyrinis. (Suid. x. vr. )
ed only the office of priest of Asclepius, which he But the number of his admirers was far greater,
held until his death, about a. D. 180, according to and several learned grammarians wrote commen.
some, at the age of 60, and according to others of taries on his orations. Besides Athanasius, Me-
70. The circumstance of his living for so many nander, and others, whose works are losi, we must
years at Smyra, and enjoying such great honours mention especially Sopater of Apamea, who is pro-
ihere, is probably the reason that in an epigram bably the author of the Greek Prolegomena to the
still extant (Anthol. Planud. p. 376) he is regard- orations of Aristcides, and also of some among the
ed as a native of Smyrna. The memory of Aris Scholia on Aristeides, which have been published by
teides was honoured in several ancient towns by Trominel (Scholia in Aristidis Orationes, Frankš.
Ded
SA
ness.
## p. 296 (#316) ############################################
296
ARISTEIDES.
ARISTEIDES.
acrum
son,
bon.
1
1826, 8vo. ), and by Dindorf (vol. iii. of his edition, but that Mummius, having thug discovered the
of Aristeides), and which contain a great many value of the picture, refused to sell it to Attalus,
things of importance for mythology, history, and and took it to Rome, where it was placed in the
antiquities. They also contain numerous fragments temple of Cerot and was the first foreign painting
of works now lost. The greater part of these which was exposed to public view at Rome. The
Scholia are probably compilations from the com- commentators are in doubt whether these two pas-
mentaries of Arethas, Metrophanes, and other sages refer to the same picture. (See also Strab.
grammarians. Respecting the life of Aristeides, viii. p. 381. ) Aristeides was celebrated for his
compare J. Masson, Collectanea Historica Aristulis pictures of courtezans, and hence he was called
et vitam spectantia, ordine chronologico Topvoypaços. (Athen. xiii. p. 567, b. )
He was
digestu, in the edition of Jebb, and reprinted in somewhat harsh in his colouring. (Plin. xxxv. 36.
that of Dindorf. The first edition of the orations § 19. ) According to some authorities, the inven-
of Aristeides (53 in number) is that of Florence, tion of encaustic painting in wax (Dict. of Ant. s. v.
1517, fol. In 1566 W. Canter published at Basel Painting, pp. 685, 686) was ascribed to Aristeides,
a Latin translation, in which many passages were and its perfection to Praxiteles; but Pliny ob-
skilfully corrected. This translation, together with serves, that there were extant encaustic pictures of
the Greek text, was re-edited by P. Stephens, Polygnotus, Nicanor, and Arcesilaus. (xxxv. 39. )
1604, in 3 vols. 8vo.
A better edition, with some Aristeides left two sons, Nicerus and Ariston,
of the Greek Scholia, is that of Samuel Jebb, Ox- to whom he taught his art. (ARISTON ; Nicerus. )
ford, 1722, 2 vols. 4to. Many corrections of the
Another Aristeides is mentioned as his disciple.
text of this edition are contained in Reiske's (Plin. xxxv. 36. & 23. ) The words of Pliny, which
Animadversiones in Auct. Graec. vol. iii. Morelli are at first sight somewhat obscure, are rightly ex-
published in 1761 the oration após dentlyn Útep plained in the following table by Sillig. (Catal.
atenelas, which he had discovered in a Venetian | Art. 8. v. Antorides. )
MS. It was afterwards edited again by F. A.
Aristeides of Thebes.
Wolf, in his edition of Demosthenes' oration
against Leptines (Halle, 1789), and by Grauert in
his Declamationes Leptineae. (Bonn, 1827, 8vo. )
Niceros,
Ariston,
This edition of Grauert contains also an oration
Aristeides,
disciple.
προς Δημοσθένη περί ατελείας, which had been
1
discovered by A. Mai, and published in his Nova
Collect. Script. Vet. vol. i. p. 3. A complete edi-
tion of all the works of Aristeides, which gives a
Antorides and Euphranor,
correct text and all the Scholia, was published by
disciples.
W. Dindorf, Leipzig, 1829, 3 vols. 8vo. [L. S. ] 2. A sculptor, who was celebrated for his statues of
ARISTEIDES, ARTISTS. 1. Of Thebes, was one four-horsed and two-horsed chariots. Since he was
of the most celebrated Greek painters. His father the disciple of Polycletus, he must have fourisbed
was Aristodemus, his teachers were Euxenidas and about 388 B. C. (Plin. xxxiv. 19. § 12. ) Perbaps
his brother Nicomachus. (Plin. xxxv. 36. $$ 7, 22. ) | he was the same person as the Aristeides who
He was a somewhat older contemporary of Apelles made some improvements in the goals of the Olym-
(Plin. xxxv. 36. & 19), and flourished about 360-pic stadium. (Paus. vi. 20. $ 7; Bockh, Corp. In-
330 B. C. The point in which he most excelled is scrip. i. p. 39. )
[P. S. )
thus described by Pliny (l. c. ): “Is omnium primus ARISTEIDES, of ATHENS, one of the earliest
animum pinxit et sensus hominum expressit, quae Christian apologetic writers, was at first a philoso-
vocant Graeci non, item perturbationes," that is, pher, and continued such after he became a Chris
he depicted the feelings, expressions, and passions tian. He is described by Jerome as a most elo-
which may be observed in common life. One of quent man. His apology for Christianity, which
his finest pictures was that of a babe approaching he presented to the Emperor Hadrian about 123
the breast of its mother, who was mortally wound- or 126 A. D. , was imbued with the principles of
ed, and whose fear could be plainly seen lest the the Greek philosophy. It is said that the apology
child should suck blood instead of milk. (Anthol. of Justin, who was also a philosopher, was, to a
Gracc. ii. p. 25), Jacobs. ) Fuseli (Lect. 1) has great extent, an imitation of that of Aristeides.
shewn how admirably in this picture the artist The work of Aristeides is entirely lost. (Euseb.
drew the line between pity and disgust. Alexander Hist. Eccles. iv. 3, Chron. Armon. ; Hieron. de l'ir.
admired the picture so much, that he removed it to Illust. 20; Epist. ad Magn. Orat. 84, p. 327. ) (P. S. )
Pella. Another of his pictures was a suppliant, ARISTEIDES, the author of a work entitled
whose voice you seemed almost to hear. Several MILESIACA (Mianolaká or Mianolakol 16you),
other pictures of his are mentioned by Pliny (1. c. ), which was probably a romance, having Miletus for
and among them an Iris (ib. 40. § 41), which, its scene. It was written in prose, and was of a
though unfinished, excited the greatest admiration. licentious character. It extended to six books at
As examples of the high price set upon his works, the least. (Harpocrat. s. v. depunoths. ) It was
Pliny (il. 36. & 19) tells us, that he painted a pic- translated into Latin by L. Cornelius Sisenda, a
ture for Mnason, tyrant of Elatea, representing a contemporary of Sulla, and it seems to have be-
battle with the Persians, and containing a hundred come popular with the Romans. (Plut. Crass.
figures, for each of which Aristeides received ten 32 ; Ovid. Trist. ii. 413, 414, 443, 444 ; Lucian,
minae ; and that long after his death, Attalus, king Amor. 1. ) Aristeides is reckoned as the inventor
of Pergamus, gave a hundred talents for one of his of the Greek romance, and the title of his work is
pictures. (11. and vii. 39. ) In another passage supposed to have given rise to the term Milesian,
(xxxv. 8) Pliny tells us, that when Mummius was as applied to works of fiction. Some writers think
selling the spoils of Greece, Attalus bought a pic- that his work was imitated by Appuleius in his
ture of Bacchus by Aristeides for 600,000 sesterces, | Metamorphoses, and by Lucian in bis Lucius,
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The age and country of Aristeides are unknown, his way with slight loss into the town.
hut the title of his work is thought to favour the now blockaded, and Aristeus, seeing no hope, bid
conjecture that he was a native of Miletus. Vos them leave himself with a garrison of 500, and the
sus (de Hist. Graec. p. 401, ed. Westermann) rest make their way to sca. This escape was
supposes, that he was the same person as the Aris cffected, and he himself induced to join in it; afur
teides of Miletus, whose works on Sicilian, Italian, which he was occupied in petty warfare in Chalci-
and Persian bistory (Likehike, 'Italuxé, nepouká) dice, and negotiations for aid from Peloponnesis.
are several times quoted by Plutarch (Parall. ), Finally, not long before the surrender of Potidae,
and that the author of the historical work nepi in the second year of the war, B. C. 430, he set out
Kvídou was also the same person. (Schol. Pind. with other ambassadors from Peloponnesus for the
Pyth. iii. 14. )
[P. S. ) court of Persia ; but visiting Sitalces the Odrysian
ARISTEIDES QUINTILIANUS ('Aplotels in their way, they were given to Athenian ambas-
ons Koört Alavós), the author of a treatise in three sadors there by Sadocus, his son, and sent 10
books on music (Ilepl Movoinnis). Nothing is Athens; and at Athens, partly from fear of the
known of his history, nor is he mentioned by any energy and ability of Aristeus, partly in retaliation
ancient writer. But he must have lived after for the cruelties practised by Sparta, he was imme-
Cicero, whom he quotes (p. 70), and before Marti diately put to death. (Thuc. i. 60-65, ii. 67;
anus Capella, who has made use of this treatise in Herod. vii. 137; Thirlwall's Greece, iii. pp. 102
his work De Nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii, lib. 9. -4, 162, 3. )
(A. H. C. )
It seems probable also that he must be placed be- 2. A Corinthian, son of Pellichus, one of the
fore Ptolemy, since he does not mention the dif- commanders of the Corinthian fleet sent against
ference between that writer and his predecessors Epidamnus, B. C. 436. (Tbuc. i. 29. )
with respect to the number of the modes. (Aristox- 3. A Spartan commander, B. C. 423. (Thuc.
enus reckoned 13, his followers 15, but Ptolemy iv. 132. )
only 7. See Aristeid. pp. 22, 23; Ptol. Harm. ii. 9. ) 4. An Argive, the son Cheimon, conquered in
The work of Aristeides is perhaps the most the Dolichos at the Olympic games. (Paus.
