Aelius Aristides (AD 117 - 181) was a popular Greek orator who lived during the Roman Empire. Events By place Roman Empire The Antonine Wall is overrun Roman cavalry general Lucius Artorius Castus (possible The Ancient Greek language is the historical stage in the development of the Hellenic language family spanning the Archaic (c The Roman Empire was the post-Republican phase of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial He is considered to be a prime example of the Second Sophistic, a group of showpiece orators who flourished from the reign of Nero until ca. The Second Sophistic is a literary-historical term referring to the Greek writers who flourished from the reign of Nero until c Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ( December 15, 37 – June 9, 68) born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, also called 230 AD. Events By Place Roman Empire Taxes are increased in order to maintain the unity and defense of the Empire His surname was Theodorus. He showed extraordinary talents even in his early youth, and devoted himself with remarkable zeal to the study of rhetoric, which appeared to him the worthiest occupation of a man, and along with it he cultivated poetry as an amusement. Besides the rhetorician Herodes Atticus, whom he heard at Athens, he also received instructions from Aristocles at Pergamum, from Polemon at Smyrna, and from the grammarian Alexander of Cotiaeon. Herodes Atticus ( also known by his Roman name Lucius Vibullius Hipparchus Tiberius Claudius Atticus Herodes Marathonios (ca Athens (ˈæθənz Αθήνα Athina,) the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery as one of the world's Aristocles may refer to Plato, the Greek philosopher Aristocles of Messene, a skeptic from the 2nd century Aristocles (sculptors This article is on the Ancient Greek city of Smyrna principally in connection with the ruins remaining to this day
Life
The son of a wealthy landowner, Aristides studied under Alexander of Cotiaeon, the tutor of Marcus Aurelius. Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus (often referred to as "the wise" ( April 26, 121 – March 17, 180) was Roman Emperor A career as an orator ended at the age of 26 when he was afflicted during a visit to Rome with the first of a long series of illnesses, possibly of psychosomatic origin. Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 His health problem drove him to the sanctuary of Pergamon (present-day Bergama) where Asclepius, the god of healing, would often advise people certain remedies in their dreams. Bergama ( Pargauma /PergamosPeople of High City refers to a city and its surrounding district in İzmir Province, in the Aegean Region of the Asclepius (pronounced /æsˈkliːpiːəs/, Greek, transliterated Asklēpiós; Latin Aesculapius) is the god of Medicine
After being sufficiently prepared for his profession, he traveled for some time throughout Asia and Africa, particularly Egypt, Greece, and Italy. This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest The fame of his talents and acquirements, which preceded him everywhere, was so great that monuments were erected in his honor in several towns he visited. Shortly before his return, in Italy, he was attacked by an illness which lasted for 13 years.
He had from his childhood been of weak constitution, but neither this nor his protracted illness prevented his prosecuting his studies, for he was well at intervals; and in his Sacred Tales (Hieroi Logoi), a sort of diary of his illness and recovery, he relates that he was frequently encouraged by visions in his dreams to cultivate rhetoric to the exclusion of all other studies. During this period and afterwards, he resided at Smyrna, whither he had gone on account of its baths, but he made occasional excursions into the country, to Pergamus, Phocaea, and other towns. This article is about the ancient city For the modern city see Foça Phocaea, or Phokaia, (Φώκαια (modern-day Foça He had great influence with Emperor Marcus Aurelius, whose acquaintance he had made in Ionia, and when in 178, Smyrna was to a great extent destroyed by an earthquake, Aristides represented the deplorable condition of the city and its inhabitants in such vivid colors to the emperor that he was moved to tears, and generously assisted the Smyrnaeans in rebuilding their town. Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus (often referred to as "the wise" ( April 26, 121 – March 17, 180) was Roman Emperor Geography Physical Ionia was of small extent not exceeding 90 geographical miles in length from north to south with a breadth varying from 40 to 55 miles but to this Events By location Roman Empire Commodus and Marcus Aurelius travel to the Danube to engage the Marcomanni
The Smyrnaeans showed their gratitude to Aristides by erecting to him a brazen statue in their agora, and by calling him the founder of their town. The Agora was an open "place of assembly" in ancient Greek city-states Various other honors and distinctions were offered to him at Smyrna, but he refused them, and accepted only the office of priest of Asclepius, which he held until his death, about 180 according to some, at the age of 60, and according to others of 70. Asclepius (pronounced /æsˈkliːpiːəs/, Greek, transliterated Asklēpiós; Latin Aesculapius) is the god of Medicine Events By place Roman Empire The praetorian prefect Tarutenius Paternus achieved a decisive victory against the Quadi The circumstance of his living for so many years at Smyrna, and enjoying such great honors there, is probably the reason that in an epigram still extant he is regarded as a native of Smyrna.
Works
The extant works of Aristides include 55 orations and declamations (including those which were discovered by Morelli and Mai), and two treatises on rhetorical subjects. Some of his orations are eulogies on the power of certain divinities, others are panegyrics on towns, such as Smyrna, Cyzicus, Rome; one among them is a Panathenaicus, and an imitation of that of Isocrates. Cyzicus ( Κύζικος) was an ancient town of Mysia in Anatolia, situated on the shoreward side of the present peninsula of Kapu-Dagh (Arctonnesus which Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 Isocrates ( Greek: Ἰσοκράτης 436–338 BC an Ancient Greek rhetorician, was one of the ten Attic orators. Others again treat on subjects connected with rhetoric and eloquence. The six orations mentioned above, have attracted considerable attention in the mid-19th century, on account of the various stories they contain respecting the cures of the sick in temples, and on account of the apparent resemblance between these cures and those said to be effected by Mesmerism. The term's most common usage today refers to a person's sexual attractiveness or raw Charisma. A list of the orations extant as well as of the lost works of Aristides, is given in Fabricius (Bibl. Gr. vi p. 15, &c. ), and more completely by Westermann. (Gesch. der Griech. Beredtsamk, p. 321, &c. ) Aristides as an orator is much superior to the majority of rhetoricians in his time, whose great and only ambition was to shine and make a momentary impression by extempore speeches, and a brilliant and dazzling style. Aristides, with whom thought was of far greater importance than the form in which it appeared, expressed that difference between himself and the other rhetoricians, at his first interview with the emperor, M. Aurelius.
He despised the silly puns, the shallow witticisms and insignificant ornaments of his contemporaries, and sought nourishment for his mind in the study of the ancients. In his panegyric orations, however, he often endeavored to display as much brilliancy of style as he could. On the whole his style is brief and concise, but too frequently deficient in ease and clearness. His sentiments are often trivial and spun out to an intolerable length, which leaves the reader nothing to think upon for himself. His orations remind one of a man who is fond of hearing himself talk. Notwithstanding these defects, however, Aristides is still unsurpassed by any of his contemporaries. His admirers compared him to Demosthenes, and even Aristides did not think himself much inferior. For the Athenian general see Demosthenes (general. For the ancient physician see Demosthenes Philalethes. This vanity and self-sufficiency made him enemies and opponents, among whom are mentioned Palladius, Sergius, and Porphyrius. Palladius (fl 408-431 probably died ca 457/461 was the first Bishop of the Christians of Ireland, preceding Saint Patrick. Sergius can refer to Roman Catholic Popes Pope Sergius I Pope Sergius II Pope Sergius III But the number of his admirers was far greater, and several learned grammarians wrote commentaries on his orations. Besides Athanasius, Menander, and others, whose works are lost, we must mention especially Sopater of Apamea, who is probably the author of the Greek Prolegomena to the orations of Aristides, and also of some among the Scholia on Aristides, which contain a great many things of importance for mythology, history, and antiquities. Menander ( Greek:, Menandros; ca 342&ndash291 BC Greek Dramatist, the best-known representative of Athenian New Comedy, was the son Sopater of Apamea, a distinguished Sophist and Neoplatonist, was a disciple of Iamblichus, after whose death (c They also contain numerous fragments of works now lost. The greater part of these Scholia are probably compilations from the commentaries of Arethas, Metrophanes, and other grammarians. Arethas of Caesarea was born at Patrae, Greece, about 860 was like all the eminent men of that time a disciple of Photius.
According to the Oxford Classical Dictionary, the remainder of his surviving writings, although praised by his contemporaries, is of primary interest for the incidental light they cast on the social history of Asia Minor in the 2nd century AD. The Oxford Classical Dictionary ( OCD) is the standard one-volume Encyclopedia in English of topics relating to Ancient Greece and Social history is an area of historical study considered by some to be a Social science that attempts to view historical evidence from the point of view of developing Anatolia (Anadolu Ανατολία Anatolía) or Asia minor, comprising most of modern Turkey, is the geographic region bounded by the Black His Sacred Tales may also be of interest for researchers of ancient medicine or ancient religion. A complete English translation was published by C. A. Behr in 1968.
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology by William Smith (1870). The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone The Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1849 originally published 1844 under a slightly different title is an Encyclopedia / Biographical dictionary Sir William Smith (1813 &ndash 1893 English Lexicographer, was born at Enfield in 1813 of Nonconformist parents
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