Ariphron

Ariphron (/ˈærɪfrɒn/; Ancient Greek: Ἀρίφρων) was the name of several people from ancient Greek history:[1]

  • Ariphron, the father of Xanthippus, and grandfather of Pericles, both prominent Athenian statesmen. He was associated with the Alcmaeonid family.[2][3]
  • Ariphron, the brother of Pericles.[4]
  • Ariphron of Sicyon, a Greek poet, and the author of a paean to health (Ὑγίεια), which has been preserved by Athenaeus.[5] The beginning of the poem is quoted by Lucian and Maximus of Tyre.[6][7] It is also printed in Bergk's Poetae Lyrici Graeci.[8]
  • Ariphron, an Archon of Athens, reigning in the 9th century BC.

References

  1. ^ Smith, William (1867). "Alcmaeonidae". In William Smith (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. p. 288.
  2. ^ Herodotus, vi. 131, 136, vii. 33, viii. 131
  3. ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece iii, 7. § 8
  4. ^ Plato, Protagoras p. 320, a
  5. ^ Athenaeus, xv. p. 702
  6. ^ Lucian, de Lapsu inter Salt. c. 6
  7. ^ Maximus of Tyre, xiii. 1
  8. ^ Theodor Bergk, Poetae Lyrici Graeci p. 841

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Ariphron". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.

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