Aristippus of Larissa
Aristippus (Ancient Greek: Ἀρίστιππος) of Larissa in Thessaly was one of the Aleuadae who received lessons from the philosopher Gorgias when he visited Thessaly.
Aristippus obtained money and troops from Cyrus the Younger to resist a faction opposed to him, and placed the general Meno, who is described in ancient sources as Aristippus's lover, in command over these forces.[1][2][3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ Xenophon, Anabasis 1.1.10, 2.6.28
- ^ Plato, Meno
- ^ Plato (1961). Bluck, R.S. (ed.). Meno. Cambridge University Press. pp. 203–204. ISBN 978-0-521-17228-8. Retrieved 2024-08-27.
- ^ Nails, Debra (2002). "Aristippus of Larissa". The People of Plato: A Prosopography of Plato and Other Socratics. Hackett Publishing Company. p. 50. ISBN 9781603840279. Retrieved 2024-08-27.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Greenhill, William Alexander (1870). "Aristion (2)". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 298.