person
Aristides the Just
Aristides
also: Ariszteidész, Aristidesnek
Aristides (c. 530–468 BC), Athenian statesman famed for incorruptible justice and personal poverty; his name became proverbial for the idea that virtue and honest poverty outrank dishonest wealth.
Reading notes
- Drama Fragments (Five Pieces) §4 Aristides
Aristides 'the Just' (c. 530–468 BC), Athenian statesman famed for incorruptible virtue; proverbial for the idea that honest poverty is more honorable than dishonest wealth.