Aristides

[ ar-uh-stahy-deez ]

noun

1. the Just, 530?–468? b.c., Athenian statesman and general.

Aristides

/ ˌærɪˈstaɪdiːz /

noun

1. Aristides?530 bc?468 bcMAthenianMILITARY: generalPOLITICS: statesman known as Aristides the Just. ?530–?468 bc , Athenian general and statesman, who played a prominent part in the Greek victories over the Persians at Marathon (490), Salamis (480), and Plataea (479)

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For this reason it is probable that Aristides is one of the latest of the writers on ancient music.

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The manner in which Aristides introduces his information about the Platonic Modes is highly suspicious.

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It is impossible to decide the question of the modes of Aristides without some reference to another statement of the same author.

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This is in accordance with the language of Aristides, and indeed is the only view consistent with a belief in their genuineness.

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For the later period, however, to which Aristides himself belongs, these apocryphal scales are a document of some importance.

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