Aristophon (politician)
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.
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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. |