Aristocrates (grandfather)

First appears: Book 8 · Chapter 5

In Book 8, Chapter 5, Aristocrates, the son of Æchmis, “acted insolently to his fellow-countrymen in various ways.” He attempted to seduce Artemis Hymnia’s priestess; when she resisted and fled to the altar, he defiled her there. The Arcadians stoned him to death, and afterward changed the priestess custom. His son was Hicetas, whose son was another Aristocrates, named for his grandfather.

Relationship record

Life events

• Arcadians stoned Aristocrates after he defiled Artemis Hymnia’s priestess, changing the priestess custom.(Book 8 · Chapter 5 · 📍 temple of Artemis Hymnia)
  • With: Artemis Hymnia
  • “And when his wickedness was reported to the Arcadians they stoned him to death, and their custom was thenceforward changed.”

Book 8 · Chapter 5

• parent: Æchmis “And Aristocrates, the son of Æchmis, acted insolently to his fellow-countrymen in various ways”
• child: Hicetas “His son was Hicetas, who had a son Aristocrates, of the same name as his grandfather”
• with Artemis Hymnia (Aristocrates committed sacrilege at Artemis's altar.) “Aristocrates, as she resisted all his attempts to seduce her, and fled at last for refuge to the altar near the statue of Artemis, defiled her there.”

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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.