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Aristarchus of Tegea Aristarchus or Aristarch of Tegea ( grc-gre, Ἀρίσταρχος ὁ Τεγεάτης, ''Aristarkhos ho Tegeates'') was a Greek tragic poet and a contemporary of Sophocles and Euripides. He lived to be a centenarian, composed seventy plays, and w ...

(5th century BC), Greek writer *

Aristarchus of Athens Aristarchus ( grc, Ἀρίσταρχος) is named with Peisander, Phrynichus, and Antiphon, as a principal leader of the "Four Hundred" during the Athenian coup of 411 BC, and is specified as one of the strongest anti-democratic partisans. On the ...

, (5th century BC), one of the leaders of the Athenian coup of 411 BC * Aristarchus of Athens, though apparently different from the above, a conversation between whom and Socrates is recorded by Xenophon in his '' Memorabilia'' (2.7.) *

Aristarchus of Sparta Aristarchus ( grc, Ἀρίσταρχος) was a man of ancient Sparta who in 400 BC was sent out to succeed Cleander of Sparta as harmost of Byzantium. The Greeks who had accompanied Cyrus the Younger in his expedition against his brother Artaxerxe ...

, harmost of Byzantium in 400 BC *

Aristarchus (physician) Aristarchus ( grc, Ἀρίσταρχος) was the name of at least two people of classical antiquity known to be physicians: * Aristarchus, a Greek physician, of whom no particulars are known, except that he was attached to the court of Berenice, th ...

, royal physician to the court of Syria in the 3rd century BC *

Aristarchus of Samos Aristarchus of Samos (; grc-gre, Ἀρίσταρχος ὁ Σάμιος, ''Aristarkhos ho Samios''; ) was an ancient Greek astronomer An astronomer is a scientist in the field of astronomy who focuses their studies on a specific question or ...

(c. 310–230 BC), Greek astronomer and mathematician *

Aristarchus of Samothrace Aristarchus of Samothrace ( grc-gre, Ἀρίσταρχος ὁ Σαμόθραξ ''Aristarchos o Samothrax''; c. 220 – c. 143 BC) was an ancient Greek grammarian, noted as the most influential of all scholars of Homeric poetry. He was the h ...

(c. 220–143 BC), Greek grammarian * Aristarchus, one of the ambassadors sent by the Phocaeans to Seleucus IV Philopator, the son of Antiochus III the Great, in 190 BC * Aristarchus of Colchis (fl. 63–50 BC), Colchian dynast, appointed by Pompey after the close of the Mithridatic Wars *

Aristarchus of Thessalonica Aristarchus or Aristarch ( grc-gre, Ἀρίσταρχος ''Aristarkhos''), "a Macedonian of Thessalonica" ( Acts 27:2), was an early Christian mentioned in a few passages of the New Testament. He accompanied Saint Paul on his journey to Rome. A ...

(1st century AD), Eastern saint and early Christian mentioned in a few passages in the New Testament * Aristarchus the Chronographer, author of a letter on the situation of Athens, and the events which took place there in the 1st century AD, and especially of the life of Dionysius the Areopagite * Aristarchus of Alexandria (date unknown), the author of a work on the interpretation of dreams, mentioned by

Artemidorus Artemidorus Daldianus ( grc-gre, Ἀρτεμίδωρος ὁ Δαλδιανός) or Ephesius was a professional diviner who lived in the 2nd century AD. He is known from an extant five-volume Greek work, the '' Oneirocritica'' or ''Oneirokritikon ...

in the 2nd century

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* 3999 Aristarchus, a main-belt asteroid * Aristarchus (crater), on the Moon

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