Aristo
Family: Lacedæmonians · Role: father of Demaratus · First appears: Book 3 · Chapter 4
Aristo, son of Agesicles, married in Sparta and had a son, Demaratus, seven months later. When Demaratus became king and was in good standing at Sparta, Aristo’s thoughtless remark that he was not his son, together with Cleomenes (son of Leonidas)’ hatred, deprived Demaratus of the kingdom. The remark was later cited by Leotychides, who became king after Demaratus.
Aristo was counted as the seventh descendant from Theopompus. At Olympia, he and his brother Telestas crafted the Cleitorian votive offering to Zeus.
Relationship record
Life events
- Demaratus was born seven months after Aristo's marriage.(Book 3 · Chapter 7)
- With: Demaratus
- “And Aristo the son of Agesicles having married a girl who they say was the most shameless of all the girls in Lacedæmon, but in appearance the most beautiful girl next to Helen, had by her a son Demaratus seven months after marriage.”
- Aristo's remark and Cleomenes' hatred deprived Demaratus of the Spartan kingdom.(Book 3 · Chapter 7 · 📍 Sparta)
- With: Cleomenes (son of Leonidas) Demaratus
- “And when Demaratus was king and in other respects in good repute at Sparta, and had cooperated with Cleomenes in freeing the Athenians from the Pisistratidæ, this thoughtless word of Aristo, and the hatred of Cleomenes deprived him of the kingdom.”
- Leotychides became king after Demaratus.(Book 4 · Chapter 15 · 📍 Lacedæmon)
- With: Leotychides Demaratus
- “And Leotychides clearly was king after Demaratus the son of Aristo, and Aristo was seventh descendant from Theopompus.”
- Aristo and Telestas crafted the Cleitorian votive offering to Zeus.(Book 5 · Chapter 23 · 📍 Olympia)
- With: Telestas
- “The people of Cleitor erected this votive offering to the god, with the tithe collected from many cities taken by storm by them. And the artificers were the Laconian brothers Aristo and Telestas.”
Book 3 · Chapter 4
- with Demaratus (interaction) “And Leotychides caught at some words, which Aristo formerly had foolishly thrown out against Demaratus at his birth, saying that he was not his son.”
Book 3 · Chapter 6
- child: Demaratus “like Demaratus the son of Aristo”
Book 3 · Chapter 7
- parent: Agesicles “And Aristo the son of Agesicles”
- child: Demaratus “had by her a son Demaratus seven months after marriage”
Book 3 · Chapter 8
- child: Demaratus “The hastiness of speech of Aristo about the legitimacy of his son Demaratus”
Book 4 · Chapter 15
- child: Demaratus “And Leotychides clearly was king after Demaratus the son of Aristo”
- with Theopompus (Aristo is identified as a seventh-generation descendant of Theopompus) “And Leotychides clearly was king after Demaratus the son of Aristo, and Aristo was seventh descendant from Theopompus.”
Book 4 · Chapter 32
- child: Plato “notably Plato the son of Aristo.”
Book 5 · Chapter 23
- siblings with Telestas “And the artificers were the Laconian brothers Aristo and Telestas.”
Book 7 · Chapter 17
- child: Plato “Plato the son of Aristo most true”
Book 10 · Chapter 24
- child: Plato “the seventh Plato (the son of Aristo) makes Myson of Chenæ, a village on Mount Œta, instead of Periander the son of Cypselus.”
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