Aristophon (politician)

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Aristophon of Azenia was an Athenian politician in the 4th century BC. Chr.

After Athens concluded peace with Thebes in 362/1 BC. BC Aristophon, already at an advanced age, moved up to the top of the state. One of his friends was Leptines , who got the state through a law to save honors. During the years of political supremacy of Eubulus (355 / 4–343 BC) he formed an influential oppositional group together with the strategist Chares . Even after the defeat of Olympus, allied with Athens, against Philip II of Macedonia in 348 BC. He came up against the peace efforts of Philocrates '.

literature

  • Gustav Adolf Lehmann: Demosthenes A Life for Freedom , CH Beck, Munich 2004, pp. 58, 65, 71 ff., 116, 124, 129, 134, ISBN 3-406-51607-6
  • Arnold Schaefer: Athenian statesmen after the Peloponnesian War: Aristophon. In: Philologus , Vol. 1 (1846), pp. 187-224.
personal data
SURNAME Aristophon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Aristophon of Azenia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Attic politician
DATE OF BIRTH 5th century BC BC or 4th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 4th century BC BC or 3rd century BC Chr.