See also:

• ARISTIDES
• ARISTIDES ['Apuvrei817s] (c. 530—468 B.C.)
• ARISTIDES, AELIUS
• ARISTIDES, APOLOGY OF
• ARISTIDES, QUINTILIANUS

ARISTIDES ['Apuvrei817s] (c. 530—468 B.C.)  , Athenian statesman, called " the Just," was the son of See also:

• LYSIMACHUS (c. 355—281 B.C.)

Lysimachus, and a member of a See also:

• FAMILY

family of moderate See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune . Of his See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• LIFE

life we are told merely that he became a follower of the statesman See also:

• CLEISTHENES

Cleisthenes and sided with the aristocratic party in Athenian politics . He first comes into See also:

• NOTICE

notice as See also:

• STRATEGUS (oTparfyos)

strategus in command of his native tribe Antiochis at See also:

• MARATHON

Marathon, and it was no doubt in consequence of the distinction which he then achieved that he was elected See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• ARCHON (apywv, ruler)

archon for the ensuing See also:

• YEAR

year (489—488) . In pursuance of his conservative policy which aimed at maintaining See also:

• ATHENS
• ATHENS ['AN vat, Athenae, modem colloquial Greek `Ath va]

Athens as a See also:

• LAND

land See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power, he was one of the chief opponents of the See also:

• NAVAL

naval policy of See also:

• THEMISTOCLES (c. 514-449 B.C.)

Themistocles (q.v.) . The conflict between the two leaders ended in the See also:

• OSTRACISM

ostracism of See also:

• ARISTIDES
• ARISTIDES ['Apuvrei817s] (c. 530—468 B.C.)
• ARISTIDES, AELIUS
• ARISTIDES, APOLOGY OF
• ARISTIDES, QUINTILIANUS

Aristides, at a date variously given between 485 and 482 . It is said that, on this occasion, a voter, who did not know him, came up to him, and giving him his sherd, desired him to write upon it the name of Aristides . The latter asked if Aristides had wronged him . " No," was the reply, " and I do not even know him, but it irritates me to hear him everywhere called the just." Early in 48o Aristides profited by the See also:

• DECREE (from the past participle, decretus, of Lat. decernere)

decree recalling the See also:

• POST

post-Marathonian exiles to help in the See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence of Athens against the See also:

• PERSIAN
• PERSIAN, SYRIAN, EGYPTIAN AND TURKISH

Persian invaders, and was elected strategus for the year 480-479 . In the See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign of See also:

• SALAMIS

Salamis he rendered loyal support to Themistocles, and crowned the victory by landing Athenian See also:

• INFANTRY

infantry on the See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of Psyttaleia and annihilating the Persian See also:

• GARRISON
• GARRISON, WILLIAM LLOYD (1805-1879)

garrison stationed there (see SALAMIS) . In 479 he was re-elected strategus, and invested with See also:

• SPECIAL

special See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers as See also:

• COMMANDER

commander of the Athenian contingent at See also:

• PLATAEA, or PLATAEAE

Plataea; he is also said to have judiciously suppressed a See also:

• CONSPIRACY (from Lat. conspirare, literally to breathe together, to agree, combine, and especially to form a secret plot)

conspiracy among some oligarchic malcontents in the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army, and to have played a prominent See also:

• PART

part in arranging for the celebration of the victory . In 478 or 477 Aristides was in command of the Athenian See also:

• SQUADRON

squadron off See also:

• BYZANTIUM

Byzantium, and so far won the confidence of the Ionian See also:

• ALLIES, THOMAS WILLIAM (1813-1903)

allies that, after revolting from the Spartan See also:

• ADMIRAL

admiral See also:

• PAUSANIAS

Pausanias, they offered him the chief command and See also:

• LEFT

left him with See also:

• ABSOLUTE (Lat. absolvere, to loose, set free)

absolute discretion in fixing the contributions of the newly formed confederacy (see DELIAN See also:

• LEAGUE

LEAGUE) . His See also:

• ASSESSMENT, (from Lat. assessare, to sit beside, to judge)

assessment was universally accepted as equitable, and continued as the basis of See also:

• TAXATION
• TAXATION (from " tax," derived, through the French, from Lat. taxare, to appraise, which again is connected with the same root as tangere, to touch)

taxation for the greater part of the league's duration; it was probably from this that he won the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of " the Just." Aristides soon left the command of the See also:

• FLEET

fleet to his friend See also:

• CIMON [Kiµwp] (c. 507-449)

Cimon (q.v.), but continued to hold a predominant position in Athens .

At first he seems to have remained on See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good terms with Themistocles, whom he is said to have helped in outwitting the Spartans over the rebuilding of the walls of Athens . But in spite of statements in which See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient authors have represented Aristides as a democratic reformer, it is certain that the See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period following the Persian See also:

• WARS

wars during which he shaped Athenian policy was one of conservative reaction . (For the theory based on See also:

• PLUTARCH
• PLUTARCH (Gr. llXoi rapxos) (c. A.D. 46–120)

Plutarch, Aristid . 22, that Aristides after Plataea threw open the archon-See also:

• SHIP

ship to all the citizens, see ARCHON.) He is said by some authorities to have died at Athens, by others on a See also:

• JOURNEY (through O. Fr. jornee or journee, mod. Fr. journee, from med. Lat. diurnata, Lat. diurnus, of or belonging to dies, day)

journey to the Euxine See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea . The date of his See also:

• DEATH

death is given by See also:

• NEPOS, CORNELIUS (c. 99–24 B.C.)
• NEPOS, JULIUS

Nepos as 468; at any See also:

• RATE

rate he lived to See also:

• WITNESS
• WITNESS (from O. Eng. witan, to know)

witness the ostracism of Themistocles, towards whom he always displayed a generous conduct, but had died before the rise of See also:

• PERICLES (49o-429 B.C.)

Pericles . His See also:

• ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate seems to have suffered severely from the Persian invasions, for apparently he did not leave enough See also:

• MONEY

money to defray the expenses of his See also:

• BURIAL

burial, and it is known that his descendants even in the 4th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century received See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state See also:

• PENSIONS

pensions . (See ATHENS; THEMISTOCLES.) See also:

• AUTHORIT1ES

AuTHORIT1ES.-See also:

• HERODOTUS (c. 484-425 B.C.)

Herodotus viii . 79-81, 95; ix . 28; "Constitution of Athens " (See also:

• ATH, or AATII

Ath . Pol.), 22-24, 41; Plutarch, Aristides; See also:

• CORNELIUS
• CORNELIUS, CARL AUGUST PETER (1824-1874)
• CORNELIUS, PETER VON (1784–1867)

Cornelius Nepos, Vita Aristidis . See also E . See also:

• MEYER, CHRISTIAN ERICH HERMANN VON (18or-1869)
• MEYER, HEINRICH AUGUST WILHELM (1800-1873)
• MEYER, JULIUS LOTHAR (183o-1895)
• MEYER, KONRAD FERDINAND (1825-1898)
• MEYER, VICTOR (1848-1897)
• MEYER, [MARIE] PAUL HYACINTHE (184o- )

Meyer, Geschichte See also:

• DES

des Altertums (See also:

• STUTTGART

Stuttgart, 1901), iii. pp .

481, 492 . In the See also:

• ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence of See also:

• POSITIVE (or PORTABLE) ORGAN

positive See also:

• INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information the 4th-century writers (on whom Plutarch and Nepos mainly rely) seized upon his surname of " Just," and wove See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round it a number of anecdotes more picturesque than See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical . Herodotus is practically our only trustworthy authority . (M . O . B .