Aristippus
Ἀρίστιππος
(Ἀρίστιππος).
1. Of Larissa, in Thessaly, an Aleuad, received lessons from Gorgias when he visited Thessaly. Aristippus obtained money and troops from the younger Cyrus to resist a faction opposed to him, and placed Menon, with whom he lived in a disreputable manner, over these forces. (Xen. Anab. 1.1.10, 2.6.28; Plat. Menon, init.)
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