(Ἀρίστιππος; Arístippos)
[1] Tyrant of Argos (middle of the 3rd cent. BC)
From Argus, friend of the Antigonids, against whom his rival Aristeas called Pyrrhus into the town in 272 BC (Plut. Pyrrh. 30,2); after 272/1 probably the tyrant [1. 396].
Aristippus(645 words)
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Günther, Linda-Marie (Munich), Döring, Klaus (Bamberg) and Stanzel, Karl-Heinz (Tübingen), “Aristippus”, in: Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry. Consulted online on 02 July 2022 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e135560>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510
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