Aristo (or Ariston) of
Alexandria ( el, Ἀρίστων ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς) was a
Peripatetic
Peripatetic may refer to:
*Peripatetic school, a school of philosophy in Ancient Greece
*Peripatetic axiom
* Peripatetic minority, a mobile population moving among settled populations offering a craft or trade.
*Peripatetic Jats
There are several ...
philosopher who lived in the 1st century BC. According to
Philodemus
Philodemus of Gadara ( grc-gre, Φιλόδημος ὁ Γαδαρεύς, ''Philodēmos'', "love of the people"; c. 110 – prob. c. 40 or 35 BC) was an Arabic Epicurean philosopher and poet. He studied under Zeno of Sidon in Athens, before moving ...
, he was a pupil of
Antiochus of Ascalon.
Strabo
Strabo''Strabo'' (meaning "squinty", as in strabismus) was a term employed by the Romans for anyone whose eyes were distorted or deformed. The father of Pompey was called "Pompeius Strabo". A native of Sicily so clear-sighted that he could see ...
, a later contemporary, relates a story where both Ariston and
Eudorus, a contemporary of his, had claimed to have written a work on the
Nile, but that the two works were so nearly identical that the authors charged each other with
plagiarism
Plagiarism is the fraudulent representation of another person's language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions as one's own original work.From the 1995 '' Random House Compact Unabridged Dictionary'': use or close imitation of the language and thought ...
. Who was right is not said, though Strabo seems to be inclined to think that Eudorus was the guilty party.
References
1st-century philosophers
Roman-era Alexandrians
Roman-era Peripatetic philosophers
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