296, and the Scho
Hardouin
(in his Index of authors quoted by
liast passim ; Phot.
liast passim ; Phot.
William Smith - 1844 - Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities - a
But Alexander soon allowed is often referred to by ancient authors, and
himself to be made a traitor to the cause he had appears to have treated principally of the antiqui-
hitherto espoused, and was rewarded by Cassander ties of Thebes. Suidas (s. r. ouoruños Zeús, where
with the chief cominand of his forces in the Pelo- the name 'Apiotopávns has been justly corrected
ponnesus. In B. c. 314, Aristodemus invited the into 'Aploróðnuos) quotes the second book of this
Aetolians to support the cause of Antigonus; and work. (Compare Schol. ad Eurip. Phoen. 102,
having raised a great number of mercenaries among 1120, 1126, 1163; Schol. ad Apollon. Rhod. ii.
them, he attacked Alexander, who was besieging 906 ; l'alckenaer, ad Schol. ad Eurip. Phuen. 1120,
Cyllene, and compelled him to raise the siege. He p. 732. )
then restored several other places, such as Patrae There are many passages in ancient authors in
in Achaia and Dymae in Aetolia, to what was then which Aristodenius occurs as the name of a writer,
called freedom. After this, B. C. 306, Aristode. but as no distinguishing epithet is added to the
mus occurs once more in history. (Diod. xix name in those passages, it is impossible to say
57—66 ; Plut. Demetr. 16, 17. ).
whether in any case the Aristodemus is identical
6. Tyrant of Megalopolis in the reign of Anti- with any of those mentioned above, or distinct
gonus Gonatas, and shortly before the formation from them. Plutarch (Parallel. Min. 35) speaks
of the Achaean Icague. He was a native of Phi- of an Aristodemus as the author of a collection of
galea and a son of Artyla. He was one of those fables, one of which he relates. A second, as the
tyrants who were set up at that time in various author of yeloia atounuoveúuata, is mentioned
parts of Greece through Macedonian influence. by Athenaeus (vi. p. 244, viii. pp. 338, 345, xiii. .
He was honoured by the surname Xororós. In 585). A third occurs in Clemens Alexandrinus
his reign, Cleomenes of Sparta and his eldest son (Strom. i. p. 133) as the author of a work negi
Acrotatus invaded the territory of Megalopolis. eupnuárwv, and a fourth is mentioned as the epito-
A battle was fought, in which Aristodemus de- mizer of a work of Herodian, which he dedicated
feated the enemy and Acrotatus was slain. (Paus. to one Danaus. (Suidas, s. v. 'Apiotóonuos. ) A
viii. 27. & 8. ) Aristodemus was assassinated after- Platonic philosopher of the same name is mentioned
wards by the emissaries of Ecdemus and Demo- by Plutarch (adv. Colot. init. ) as his contem-
phanes, two patriotic citizens of Megalopolis, and porary.
(L. S. )
friends of young Pbilopoemen. (Plut. Philop. 1. ) | AŘISTODEMUS ( 'Apotbônuos ),
artists.
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306
ARISTOGEITON.
ARISTOLOCHUS.
1
1. A painter, the father and instructor of Nico- | the temple of Apollo at Delphi. (Paus. x. 10. $ 3. )
machus [NICOMACHUS), flourished probably in the | The names of these two artists occur together like
early part of the fourth century B. C. (Plin. xxxv. wise on the pedestal of a statue found at Delphi,
10. B. 36. )
which had been erected in honour of a citizen of
2. A statuary, who lived after the time of Alcx- Orchomenus, who had been a victor probably in the
ander the Great. Among other works of his Pythian games. (Böckh, Corp. Inscr. 25. ) We
Pliny (xxxiv. 8. 6. 19) mentions a statue of king learn from this inscription that they were both
Seleucus. To what country he belonged is un- Thebans. Pliny says (xxxiv. 8. 6. 19), that Hy-
certain.
patodorus lived about 01. 102. The above-men-
3. A painter, a native of Carin, contemporary tioned inscription was doubtless earlier than Ol.
with Philostratus the elder, with whom he was 104, when Orchomenos was destroyed by the
connected by the ties of hospitality. He wrote a Thebans.
work giving an account of distinguished painters, The battle mentioned by Pausanias was probably
of the cities in which painting had fourished mosta some skirmish in the war which followed the treaty
and of the kings who had encouraged the art. between the Athenians and Argives, which was
(Philostr. Prooem. Icon. p. 4, ed. Jacobs. ) (C. P. M. ) brought about by Alcibiades, B. c. 420. It appears
ARISTOʻDICUS ('ApłotóÔKOs). 1. Of Cyme therefore that Aristogeiton and Hypatodorus lived
in Asia Minor, and son of Heracleides. When in the latter part of the fifth and the early part of
his fellow-citizens were advised, by an oracle, to the fourth centuries B. C. Böckh attempts to shew
deliver up Pactyes to the Persians, Aristodicus dis that Aristogeiton was the son of Hypatodorus, but
suaded them from it, saying, that the oracle might his arguments are not very convincing. (C. P. M. ]
be a fabrication, as Paciyes had come to them as a ARISTO'GENES ('Aplotoyévms), was one of
suppliant. He was accordingly sent himself to the ten commanders appointed to supersede Alci-
consult the oracle; but the answer of Apollo was biades after the battle of Notium, B. C. 407. (Xen.
the same as before ; and when Aristodicus, in Hell. i. 5. $ 16; Diod. xiii. 74 ; Plut. Alc. c. 36. )
order to avert the criminal act of surrendering a He was one of the eight who conquered Callicratidas
suppliant, endeavoured in a very ingenious way, a: Arginusae, B. C. 406; and Protomachus and
to demonstrate to the god, that he was giving an himself
, by not returning to Athens after the bat-
unjust command, the god still persisted in it, and tle, escaped the fate of their six colleagues, though
added, that it was intended to bring ruin upon sentence of condemnation was passed against them
Cyme. (Herod. i. 158, 159. )
in their absence. (Xen. Hell. i. 7. SS 1, 34 ; Diod.
2. The author of two epigrams in the Greek xiii. 101. )
(E. E. ]
Anthology, in one of which he is called a Rho ARISTOʻGENES ('Aplotoyévns), the name of
dian, but nothing further is known about him. two Greek physicians mentioned by Suidas, of
(Brunck, Analect. p. 260, comp. p. 191; Antho. whom one was a native of Thasos, and wrote
Gr. vii. 189, 473. )
(L. S. ] several medical works, of which some of the titles
ARISTOGEITON. [HARMODIUS. ]
are preserved. The other was a native of Cnidos,
ARISTOGEITON ('Apio Toyeltwv), an Athe and was servant to Chrysippus, the philosopher,
nian orator and adversary of Demosthenes and according to Suidas; or rather, as Galen says (de
Deinarchus. His father, Scydimus, died in prison, Ven. Sect. adv. Erasistr. Rom. Deg. c. 2, de Cur.
as he was a debtor of the state and unable to pay: Rat. per Ven. Sect. c. 2, vol. xi. pp. 197, 252), he
his son, Aristogeiton, who inherited the debt, was was a pupil of the physician of that name, and af-
likewise imprisoned for some time. He is called a terwards became physician to Antigonus Gonatas,
demagogue and a sycophant, and his eloquence is king of Macedonia B. c. 283—239. A physician
described as of a coarse and vehement character. of this name is quoted by Celsus, and Pliny:
(Hermog. de Form. Orat. i. p.
296, and the Scho Hardouin (in his Index of authors quoted by
liast passim ; Phot. Cod. p. 496; Plut. Phoc. 10; Pliny) thinks that the two physicians inentioned
Quintil
. xii. 10. $ 22. ) His impudence drew upon by Suidas were in fact one and the same person,
him the surname of “the dog. " He was often ac- and that he was called “ Cnidius" from the place
cused by Demosthenes and others, and defended of his birth, and " Thasius” from his residence ;
himself in a number of orations which are lost. this, however, is quite uncertain. (Fabric. Bibl. Gr.
Among the extant speeches of Demosthenes there vol. xiii. p. 83, ed. vet. ; Kühn, Additam. ad Elen-
are two against Aristogeiton, and among those of chum Medicor. Veter. a Jo. A. Fabricio, fc. exhibitum,
Deinarchus there is one. Suidas and Eudocia Lips. 1826, 4to. , fascic. iii. p. 10. ) (W. A. G. )
(p. 65) mention seren orations of Aristogeiton ARISTOLAUS, a painter, the son and scholar
(comp. Phot. Cod. pp. 491, 495 ; Tzetz. Chil. vi. 94, of Pausias. [PAUSIAS. ] He filourished therefore
&c. , 105, &c. ; Harpocrat. s. vv. Avtoklelons and about Ol. 118, B. C. 308. Pliny (xxxv. 11. s. 40)
Oépoavapos), and an eighth against Phryne is men- mentions several of his works, and characterises
tioned by Athenaeus. (xiii
. p. 591. ) Aristogeiton his style as in the highest degree serere. [C. P. M. ]
died in prison. (Plut. Apophth. Reg. p. 188, b. ; ARISTO'LOCHUS ("Apothoxos ), a tragic
compare Taylor, Praef. ad Demosth. Orat. c. poet, who is not mentioned anywhere except in the
Aristog. in Schaefer's Apparat. Crit. iv. p. 297, collection of the Epistles formerly attributed to
&c. ; and Aeschin. c. Timarch. p. 22; S. Thorlacius, Phalaris (Epist. 18, ed. Lennep. ), where the
Opuscul. ii. pp. 201—240. )
(L. S. ] tyrant is made to speak of him with indignation
ARISTOGEITON ('Apiot oyeitwv), a statuary, for venturing to compete with him in writing
a native of Thebes. In conjunction with Hypato- tragedies. But with the genuineness of those
dorus, he was the maker of some statues of the epistles the existence of Aristolochus must fall to
heroes of Argive and Theban tradition, which the the ground, and Bentley (Phalaris, p. 260) has
Argires had made to commemorate a victory gained shewn, that if Aristolochus were a real personage,
by themselves and the Athenians over the Lace- this tragic writer must have lived before tragedy
daemonians at Oenoe in Argolis, and dedicated in was known.
(L. S. )
a
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ARISTOMACHUS.
307
ARISTOMENES.
ΛRISTO'MACHE ('Αριστομάχη). 1. The assistance Aratus had called in. Aristomachus
daughter of Hipparinus of Syracuse, and the sister fell into the hands of the Achaeans, who strangled
of Dion, was married to the elder Dionysius on him and threw him into the sea at Cenchreae.
the same day that he married Doris of Locri. (Polyb. ii. 59, 60; Plut. Arat. 44 ; Schorn, Ge-
She bore him two sons and two daughters, with schihte Griechenl. p. 118, note 1. )
one of whom, namely Arete, she afterwards 3. The leader of the popular party at Croton, in
perished. (Plut. Dion, 3, 6; Diod. xiv. 44, xvi. the Hannibalian war, about B. c. 215. At that
6; Aelian, V. H. xiii. 10, who crroneously calls time nearly all the towns of southern Italy were
her Aristaenete ; Cic. Tusc. v. 20; Val. Max. ix. divided into two parties, the people being in favour
13, ext. 4. ) Respecting her death, see ARETE. of the Carthaginians, and the nobles or senators in
2. Of Erythrae, a poetess, who conquered at the favour of the Romans. The Bruttians, who were
Isthmian games, and dedicated in the treasury of in alliance with the Carthaginians, had hoped to
Sicyon a golden book, that is, probably one written gain possession of Croton with their assistance.
with golden letters. (Plut. Symp. v. 2. $ 10. ) As this had not been done, they determined to
ARISTO'MACHUS ('Aplotouaxos). 1. A make the conquest by themselves. A deserter
son of Talaus and Lysimache, and brother of from Croton informed them of the state of political
Adrastus. (Apollod. i. 9. § 13. ) He was the parties there, and that Aristomachus, was ready
father of Hippomedon, one of the seven heroes to surrender the town to them. The Bruttians
against Thebes. (Apollod. iii. 6. § 3. ) Hyginus marched with an army against Croton, and as the
(Fab. 70) makes Hippomedon a son of a sister of lower parts, which were inhabited by the people,
Adrastus. (Comp. Paus. x. 10. § 2. )
were open and easy of access, they soon gained
2. A son of Cleodemus or Cleodacus, and great possession of them. Aristomachus, however, as if
grandson of Heracles, was the father of Temenus, he had nothing to do with the Bruttians, withdrew
Cresphontes, and Aristodemus. He marched into to the arx, where the nobles were assembled and
Peloponnesus at the time when Tisamenus, the defended themselves. The Bruttians in conjunc-
son of Orestes, ruled orer the Peninsula; but his tion with the people of Croton besieged the nobles
expedition failed as he had misunderstood the in the arx, and when they found that they made
oracle, and he fell in battle. (Apollod. ii. 8. $ 2; no impression, they applied to Hanno the Cartha-
Paus. ii. 7. $ 6; Herod. vi. 52. ) Another Aris ginian for assistance. He proposed to the Croto-
tomachus occurs in Paus. vi. 21. $ 7. (L. S. ] niats to receive the Bruttians as colonists within
ARISTOʻMACHUS('Apiotó uaxos). 1. Tyrant the extensive but deserted walls of their city; but
of Argos, in the reign and under the patronage of all the Crotoniats, with the exception of Aristoma-
Antigonus Gonatas. He kept the citizens of chus, declared that they would rather die than sub-
Argos in a defenceless condition, but a conspiracy mit to this. As Aristomachus, who had betrayed
was formed against him, and arms were secretly the town, was unable to betray the arx also, he
introduced into the town by a contrivance of saw no way but to take to flight, and he accord-
Aratus, who wished to gain Argos for the Achaean ingly went over to Hanno. The Crotoniats soon
league. The plot was discovered, and the persons after quitted their town altogether and migrated
concerned in it took to fight. But Aristomachus to Locri. (Liv. xxir. 2, 3. )
was soon after assassinated by slaves, and was suc- 4.
himself to be made a traitor to the cause he had appears to have treated principally of the antiqui-
hitherto espoused, and was rewarded by Cassander ties of Thebes. Suidas (s. r. ouoruños Zeús, where
with the chief cominand of his forces in the Pelo- the name 'Apiotopávns has been justly corrected
ponnesus. In B. c. 314, Aristodemus invited the into 'Aploróðnuos) quotes the second book of this
Aetolians to support the cause of Antigonus; and work. (Compare Schol. ad Eurip. Phoen. 102,
having raised a great number of mercenaries among 1120, 1126, 1163; Schol. ad Apollon. Rhod. ii.
them, he attacked Alexander, who was besieging 906 ; l'alckenaer, ad Schol. ad Eurip. Phuen. 1120,
Cyllene, and compelled him to raise the siege. He p. 732. )
then restored several other places, such as Patrae There are many passages in ancient authors in
in Achaia and Dymae in Aetolia, to what was then which Aristodenius occurs as the name of a writer,
called freedom. After this, B. C. 306, Aristode. but as no distinguishing epithet is added to the
mus occurs once more in history. (Diod. xix name in those passages, it is impossible to say
57—66 ; Plut. Demetr. 16, 17. ).
whether in any case the Aristodemus is identical
6. Tyrant of Megalopolis in the reign of Anti- with any of those mentioned above, or distinct
gonus Gonatas, and shortly before the formation from them. Plutarch (Parallel. Min. 35) speaks
of the Achaean Icague. He was a native of Phi- of an Aristodemus as the author of a collection of
galea and a son of Artyla. He was one of those fables, one of which he relates. A second, as the
tyrants who were set up at that time in various author of yeloia atounuoveúuata, is mentioned
parts of Greece through Macedonian influence. by Athenaeus (vi. p. 244, viii. pp. 338, 345, xiii. .
He was honoured by the surname Xororós. In 585). A third occurs in Clemens Alexandrinus
his reign, Cleomenes of Sparta and his eldest son (Strom. i. p. 133) as the author of a work negi
Acrotatus invaded the territory of Megalopolis. eupnuárwv, and a fourth is mentioned as the epito-
A battle was fought, in which Aristodemus de- mizer of a work of Herodian, which he dedicated
feated the enemy and Acrotatus was slain. (Paus. to one Danaus. (Suidas, s. v. 'Apiotóonuos. ) A
viii. 27. & 8. ) Aristodemus was assassinated after- Platonic philosopher of the same name is mentioned
wards by the emissaries of Ecdemus and Demo- by Plutarch (adv. Colot. init. ) as his contem-
phanes, two patriotic citizens of Megalopolis, and porary.
(L. S. )
friends of young Pbilopoemen. (Plut. Philop. 1. ) | AŘISTODEMUS ( 'Apotbônuos ),
artists.
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306
ARISTOGEITON.
ARISTOLOCHUS.
1
1. A painter, the father and instructor of Nico- | the temple of Apollo at Delphi. (Paus. x. 10. $ 3. )
machus [NICOMACHUS), flourished probably in the | The names of these two artists occur together like
early part of the fourth century B. C. (Plin. xxxv. wise on the pedestal of a statue found at Delphi,
10. B. 36. )
which had been erected in honour of a citizen of
2. A statuary, who lived after the time of Alcx- Orchomenus, who had been a victor probably in the
ander the Great. Among other works of his Pythian games. (Böckh, Corp. Inscr. 25. ) We
Pliny (xxxiv. 8. 6. 19) mentions a statue of king learn from this inscription that they were both
Seleucus. To what country he belonged is un- Thebans. Pliny says (xxxiv. 8. 6. 19), that Hy-
certain.
patodorus lived about 01. 102. The above-men-
3. A painter, a native of Carin, contemporary tioned inscription was doubtless earlier than Ol.
with Philostratus the elder, with whom he was 104, when Orchomenos was destroyed by the
connected by the ties of hospitality. He wrote a Thebans.
work giving an account of distinguished painters, The battle mentioned by Pausanias was probably
of the cities in which painting had fourished mosta some skirmish in the war which followed the treaty
and of the kings who had encouraged the art. between the Athenians and Argives, which was
(Philostr. Prooem. Icon. p. 4, ed. Jacobs. ) (C. P. M. ) brought about by Alcibiades, B. c. 420. It appears
ARISTOʻDICUS ('ApłotóÔKOs). 1. Of Cyme therefore that Aristogeiton and Hypatodorus lived
in Asia Minor, and son of Heracleides. When in the latter part of the fifth and the early part of
his fellow-citizens were advised, by an oracle, to the fourth centuries B. C. Böckh attempts to shew
deliver up Pactyes to the Persians, Aristodicus dis that Aristogeiton was the son of Hypatodorus, but
suaded them from it, saying, that the oracle might his arguments are not very convincing. (C. P. M. ]
be a fabrication, as Paciyes had come to them as a ARISTO'GENES ('Aplotoyévms), was one of
suppliant. He was accordingly sent himself to the ten commanders appointed to supersede Alci-
consult the oracle; but the answer of Apollo was biades after the battle of Notium, B. C. 407. (Xen.
the same as before ; and when Aristodicus, in Hell. i. 5. $ 16; Diod. xiii. 74 ; Plut. Alc. c. 36. )
order to avert the criminal act of surrendering a He was one of the eight who conquered Callicratidas
suppliant, endeavoured in a very ingenious way, a: Arginusae, B. C. 406; and Protomachus and
to demonstrate to the god, that he was giving an himself
, by not returning to Athens after the bat-
unjust command, the god still persisted in it, and tle, escaped the fate of their six colleagues, though
added, that it was intended to bring ruin upon sentence of condemnation was passed against them
Cyme. (Herod. i. 158, 159. )
in their absence. (Xen. Hell. i. 7. SS 1, 34 ; Diod.
2. The author of two epigrams in the Greek xiii. 101. )
(E. E. ]
Anthology, in one of which he is called a Rho ARISTOʻGENES ('Aplotoyévns), the name of
dian, but nothing further is known about him. two Greek physicians mentioned by Suidas, of
(Brunck, Analect. p. 260, comp. p. 191; Antho. whom one was a native of Thasos, and wrote
Gr. vii. 189, 473. )
(L. S. ] several medical works, of which some of the titles
ARISTOGEITON. [HARMODIUS. ]
are preserved. The other was a native of Cnidos,
ARISTOGEITON ('Apio Toyeltwv), an Athe and was servant to Chrysippus, the philosopher,
nian orator and adversary of Demosthenes and according to Suidas; or rather, as Galen says (de
Deinarchus. His father, Scydimus, died in prison, Ven. Sect. adv. Erasistr. Rom. Deg. c. 2, de Cur.
as he was a debtor of the state and unable to pay: Rat. per Ven. Sect. c. 2, vol. xi. pp. 197, 252), he
his son, Aristogeiton, who inherited the debt, was was a pupil of the physician of that name, and af-
likewise imprisoned for some time. He is called a terwards became physician to Antigonus Gonatas,
demagogue and a sycophant, and his eloquence is king of Macedonia B. c. 283—239. A physician
described as of a coarse and vehement character. of this name is quoted by Celsus, and Pliny:
(Hermog. de Form. Orat. i. p.
296, and the Scho Hardouin (in his Index of authors quoted by
liast passim ; Phot. Cod. p. 496; Plut. Phoc. 10; Pliny) thinks that the two physicians inentioned
Quintil
. xii. 10. $ 22. ) His impudence drew upon by Suidas were in fact one and the same person,
him the surname of “the dog. " He was often ac- and that he was called “ Cnidius" from the place
cused by Demosthenes and others, and defended of his birth, and " Thasius” from his residence ;
himself in a number of orations which are lost. this, however, is quite uncertain. (Fabric. Bibl. Gr.
Among the extant speeches of Demosthenes there vol. xiii. p. 83, ed. vet. ; Kühn, Additam. ad Elen-
are two against Aristogeiton, and among those of chum Medicor. Veter. a Jo. A. Fabricio, fc. exhibitum,
Deinarchus there is one. Suidas and Eudocia Lips. 1826, 4to. , fascic. iii. p. 10. ) (W. A. G. )
(p. 65) mention seren orations of Aristogeiton ARISTOLAUS, a painter, the son and scholar
(comp. Phot. Cod. pp. 491, 495 ; Tzetz. Chil. vi. 94, of Pausias. [PAUSIAS. ] He filourished therefore
&c. , 105, &c. ; Harpocrat. s. vv. Avtoklelons and about Ol. 118, B. C. 308. Pliny (xxxv. 11. s. 40)
Oépoavapos), and an eighth against Phryne is men- mentions several of his works, and characterises
tioned by Athenaeus. (xiii
. p. 591. ) Aristogeiton his style as in the highest degree serere. [C. P. M. ]
died in prison. (Plut. Apophth. Reg. p. 188, b. ; ARISTO'LOCHUS ("Apothoxos ), a tragic
compare Taylor, Praef. ad Demosth. Orat. c. poet, who is not mentioned anywhere except in the
Aristog. in Schaefer's Apparat. Crit. iv. p. 297, collection of the Epistles formerly attributed to
&c. ; and Aeschin. c. Timarch. p. 22; S. Thorlacius, Phalaris (Epist. 18, ed. Lennep. ), where the
Opuscul. ii. pp. 201—240. )
(L. S. ] tyrant is made to speak of him with indignation
ARISTOGEITON ('Apiot oyeitwv), a statuary, for venturing to compete with him in writing
a native of Thebes. In conjunction with Hypato- tragedies. But with the genuineness of those
dorus, he was the maker of some statues of the epistles the existence of Aristolochus must fall to
heroes of Argive and Theban tradition, which the the ground, and Bentley (Phalaris, p. 260) has
Argires had made to commemorate a victory gained shewn, that if Aristolochus were a real personage,
by themselves and the Athenians over the Lace- this tragic writer must have lived before tragedy
daemonians at Oenoe in Argolis, and dedicated in was known.
(L. S. )
a
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ARISTOMACHUS.
307
ARISTOMENES.
ΛRISTO'MACHE ('Αριστομάχη). 1. The assistance Aratus had called in. Aristomachus
daughter of Hipparinus of Syracuse, and the sister fell into the hands of the Achaeans, who strangled
of Dion, was married to the elder Dionysius on him and threw him into the sea at Cenchreae.
the same day that he married Doris of Locri. (Polyb. ii. 59, 60; Plut. Arat. 44 ; Schorn, Ge-
She bore him two sons and two daughters, with schihte Griechenl. p. 118, note 1. )
one of whom, namely Arete, she afterwards 3. The leader of the popular party at Croton, in
perished. (Plut. Dion, 3, 6; Diod. xiv. 44, xvi. the Hannibalian war, about B. c. 215. At that
6; Aelian, V. H. xiii. 10, who crroneously calls time nearly all the towns of southern Italy were
her Aristaenete ; Cic. Tusc. v. 20; Val. Max. ix. divided into two parties, the people being in favour
13, ext. 4. ) Respecting her death, see ARETE. of the Carthaginians, and the nobles or senators in
2. Of Erythrae, a poetess, who conquered at the favour of the Romans. The Bruttians, who were
Isthmian games, and dedicated in the treasury of in alliance with the Carthaginians, had hoped to
Sicyon a golden book, that is, probably one written gain possession of Croton with their assistance.
with golden letters. (Plut. Symp. v. 2. $ 10. ) As this had not been done, they determined to
ARISTO'MACHUS ('Aplotouaxos). 1. A make the conquest by themselves. A deserter
son of Talaus and Lysimache, and brother of from Croton informed them of the state of political
Adrastus. (Apollod. i. 9. § 13. ) He was the parties there, and that Aristomachus, was ready
father of Hippomedon, one of the seven heroes to surrender the town to them. The Bruttians
against Thebes. (Apollod. iii. 6. § 3. ) Hyginus marched with an army against Croton, and as the
(Fab. 70) makes Hippomedon a son of a sister of lower parts, which were inhabited by the people,
Adrastus. (Comp. Paus. x. 10. § 2. )
were open and easy of access, they soon gained
2. A son of Cleodemus or Cleodacus, and great possession of them. Aristomachus, however, as if
grandson of Heracles, was the father of Temenus, he had nothing to do with the Bruttians, withdrew
Cresphontes, and Aristodemus. He marched into to the arx, where the nobles were assembled and
Peloponnesus at the time when Tisamenus, the defended themselves. The Bruttians in conjunc-
son of Orestes, ruled orer the Peninsula; but his tion with the people of Croton besieged the nobles
expedition failed as he had misunderstood the in the arx, and when they found that they made
oracle, and he fell in battle. (Apollod. ii. 8. $ 2; no impression, they applied to Hanno the Cartha-
Paus. ii. 7. $ 6; Herod. vi. 52. ) Another Aris ginian for assistance. He proposed to the Croto-
tomachus occurs in Paus. vi. 21. $ 7. (L. S. ] niats to receive the Bruttians as colonists within
ARISTOʻMACHUS('Apiotó uaxos). 1. Tyrant the extensive but deserted walls of their city; but
of Argos, in the reign and under the patronage of all the Crotoniats, with the exception of Aristoma-
Antigonus Gonatas. He kept the citizens of chus, declared that they would rather die than sub-
Argos in a defenceless condition, but a conspiracy mit to this. As Aristomachus, who had betrayed
was formed against him, and arms were secretly the town, was unable to betray the arx also, he
introduced into the town by a contrivance of saw no way but to take to flight, and he accord-
Aratus, who wished to gain Argos for the Achaean ingly went over to Hanno. The Crotoniats soon
league. The plot was discovered, and the persons after quitted their town altogether and migrated
concerned in it took to fight. But Aristomachus to Locri. (Liv. xxir. 2, 3. )
was soon after assassinated by slaves, and was suc- 4.
