Aristeas

Family: Corinthian · Role: son of Adeimantos · First appears: Book 4 · §10–17

Life events

• Aristeas died in a fuller's shop, but his body was not found.(Book 4 · §10–17 · 📍 Proconnesos)
  • “Aristeas, who was in birth inferior to none of the citizens, entered into a fuller's shop in Proconnesos and there died; and the fuller closed his workshop and went away to report the matter to those who were related to the dead man.”
• Aristeas reappeared and composed the Arimaspeia, then disappeared again.(Book 4 · §10–17 · 📍 Proconnesos)
  • “In the seventh year after this he appeared at Proconnesos and composed those verses which are now called by the Hellenes the Arimaspeia, and having composed them he disappeared the second time.”
• Aristeas appeared and told the people to set up an altar of Apollo and a statue bearing his name.(Book 4 · §10–17 · 📍 Metapontion)
  • With: Apollo
  • “The people of Metapontion say that Aristeas himself appeared in their land and bade them set up an altar of Apollo and place by its side a statue bearing the name of Aristeas of Proconnesos”
• Aristeas disappeared after delivering his message.(Book 4 · §10–17 · 📍 Metapontion)
  • “Having said this he disappeared”
• The Metapontines followed the oracle's instruction and carried out Aristeas's commands.(Book 4 · §10–17 · 📍 Metapontion)
  • With: Apollo
  • “They therefore accepted this answer and performed the commands”
• The Athenians put Nicolaos, Aneristos, and Aristeas to death.(Book 7 · §137–142 · 📍 Attica)
  • With: Nicolaos (son of Bulis) Aneristos (son of Sperthias)
  • “then having been carried away to Attica they were put to death by the Athenians, and with them also Aristeas the son of Adeimantos the Corinthian.”

Book 4 · §10–17

• parent: Caÿstrobios “Aristeas however the son of Caÿstrobios, a man of Proconnesos,”
• with Apollo (Aristeas says he accompanied Apollo, once in the form of a raven.) “to their land alone of all the Italiotes Apollo had come, and he, who now was Aristeas, was accompanying him, being then a raven when he accompanied the god.”

Book 7 · §137–142

• parent: Adeimantos “and with them also Aristeas the son of Adeimantos the Corinthian.”

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