Aristo (or Ariston) of Alexandria (Greek: Ἀρίστων ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς; fl. c.
According to Philodemus, he was a pupil of Antiochus of Ascalon (or possibly his brother Aristus).
[2] Strabo, a later contemporary, relates a story[3] where both Ariston and Eudorus, a contemporary of his, had claimed to have written a work on the Nile River, but that the two works were so nearly identical that the authors charged each other with plagiarism.
[4] Who was right is not said, though Strabo seems to be inclined to think that Eudorus was the guilty party.
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