Aristo of Alexandria

Aristo
Aristo
	Ἀρίστων ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς
Born	fl. 87 BC; Alexandria
School	Peripatetic school
	Influences Strabo;
	Influenced Eudorus of Alexandria;

Aristo (or Ariston) of Alexandria (Greek: Ἀρίστων ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς) was a Peripatetic philosopher and a contemporary of Strabo in the 1st century. He wrote a work on the Nile.[1] Eudorus, a contemporary of his, wrote a book on the same subject, and the two works were so much alike,[2] that the authors charged each other with plagiarism.[3] Who was right is not said, though Strabo seems to be inclined to think that Eudorus was the guilty party.

Notes

Diogenes Laërtius. Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers. vii. 164.
Strabo. Geographica. xvii.
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.

References

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[1] Diogenes Laërtius. Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers. vii. 164.

[2] Strabo. Geographica. xvii.

[3] 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.