Aristippus of Larissa

Aristippus of Larissa in Thessaly was one of the Aleuadae who received lessons from the philosopher Gorgias when he visited Thessaly.

For other people named Aristippus, see Aristippus (disambiguation).

Aristippus obtained money and troops from Cyrus the Younger to resist a faction opposed to him, and placed his lover, the general Meno, in command over these forces.[1][2]

References
  1. Xenophon, Anabasis 1.1.10, 2.6.28
  2. Plato, Meno

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Greenhill, William Alexander (1870). "Aristion (2)". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 298.

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