Aristander of Telmessos (Greek: Αρίστανδρος ο Τελμησσεύς; born c. 380 BCE, fl.
[1] Aristander belonged to the entourage of Alexander's father, Philip II of Macedon, in 357/6, when he correctly interpreted a dream as revealing Olympias' pregnancy.
Although details are variously given, and some incidents are fictitious, Aristander was clearly an influential presence during Alexander's campaigns, and played an important role in uplifting the morale of the Macedonian army.
Writings by Aristander are attested by: Pliny the Elder (Natural History 17); Artemidorus (Interpretation of Dreams 1.31, 4.23-24); Origen (Contra Celsum 6.8.10); see Lucian (citation missing).
Aristander's home town, Telmessus in Caria (modern Fethiye), was a proverbial font of seers.