Aristonymus (Aristonymus of Athens)

Minor Spiritwell-documentedClassical Greek literatureAncient Greek historiographyAthensArcadiaMethymna (Lesbos)Methydria

Aristonymus (Greek: Ἀριστώνυμος) is a classical Greek personal name attested for multiple historical individuals in literary and historical sources. Bearers of the name appear in political, military, familial, and literary contexts across 5th–4th century BCE Greek records and later compilations.

Origin

Not applicable as a mythological origin. The name Aristonymus is recorded in classical Greek sources as a personal name borne by multiple historical individuals; the corpus does not present a unified origin myth or cosmological account for the name.

Appearance

No physical description is provided in the supplied sources. Attestations identify individuals named Aristonymus by social role, patronymic, or place (e.g., 'Aristonymus of Methydria') rather than by bodily attributes.

Abilities

No supernatural abilities are described. Sources attribute ordinary social roles and activities to persons named Aristonymus: a diplomatic or constitutional reform role in an account associated with Plato/Plutarch; patronymic identity as father of Clitophon; military associations as a captain or as a person besieged (Xenophon, Thucydides, Polyaenus); and literary/cultural mentions (Athenaeus/Apollodorus) including a catalog note of a kithara-player. These reflect human political, military, familial, and cultural behaviors documented across sources.

Community Record

Sources
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    Aristonymus of Athens (Wikipedia). Wikipedia: Aristonymus of Athens (summary referencing Plato, Republic 328b and Plutarch, Reply to Colotes 1126c)wiki
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    Clitophon (Athenian) (Wikipedia). Clitophon entry noting patronymic 'son of Aristonymus'wiki
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    The History of the Peloponnesian War (Thucydides). Thucydides, list of commanders including 'Euphamidas, son of Aristonymus'literary
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    Polyaenus: Stratagems - Book 5 (b). Polyaenus: 'When Chares besieged Aristonymus in Methymna' (stratagemal context)literary
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    Xenophon, Anabasis (excerpt). Xenophon excerpt listing 'Aristonymus of Methydria' among captains of the rear-guardliterary
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    Athenaeus — Deipnosophistae (Apollodorus citation). Athenaeus citing Apollodorus: mention of 'Aristonymus in Shivering Helios' in a mime/literary contextliterary
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    Wikidata: Aristonymus. Wikidata entry noting a kithara-player labeled 'known for not singing' (catalog statement)other
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    The History of the Peloponnesian War (AJHW edition). Alternative transcription of Thucydides' passage listing Euphamidas son of Aristonymusliterary
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