Aristeides

Family: Athenian · Role: ostracised Athenian · First appears: Book 8 · §72–80

Life events

Aristeides arrived and told Themistocles that the Hellenes were surrounded and could not sail away.(Book 8 · §72–80 · 📍 Salamis)
- With: Themistocles
- “for having been myself an eye-witness I tell thee that now not even if the Corinthians and Eurybiades himself desire to sail out, will they be able; for we are encompassed round by the enemy.”
Themistocles revealed to Aristeides that the Persian encirclement was his suggestion.(Book 8 · §72–80 · 📍 Salamis)
- With: Themistocles
- “for know that this which is being done by the Medes is of my suggestion; because, when the Hellenes would not come to a battle of their own will, it was necessary to bring them over to us against their will.”
Aristeides led Athenian hoplites to Psyttaleia, where they killed all the Persians.(Book 8 · §90–98 · 📍 Psyttaleia)
- “taking with him a number of the hoplites of Athenian race who had been ranged along the shore of the land of Salamis, with them he disembarked on the island of Psyttaleia; and these slew all the Persians who were in this islet.”
The Athenians were awarded the wing over the Tegeans.(Book 9 · §26–30)
- With: Lysimachos
- “Thus the Athenians obtained the wing, and overcame the Tegeans.”

parent: Lysimachos “Aristeides the son of Lysimachos, an Athenian who had been ostracised by the people”
enemies with Themistocles “who was to him not a friend, but an enemy to the last degree”

parent: Lysimachos “Aristeides moreover the son of Lysimachos, the Athenian, of whom I made mention also shortly before this as a very good man, he in this tumult which had arisen about Salamis did as follows:”

parent: Lysimachos “and the commander of them was Aristeides the son of Lysimachos..”

Extracted from the original text of The Histories. Made with Rho MD.