Aristomache ( grc, Ἀριστομάχη) was the daughter of
Hipparinus of Syracuse Hipparinus may refer to:
* Hipparinus, the father of Dion (tyrant of Syracuse) and father-in-law and advisor of Dionysius the Elder
* Hipparinus, tyrant of Syracuse from 352 to 351 BCE and a son of Dionysius the Elder
* Hipparinus, the son of Di ...
, and the sister of the Sicilian tyrant
Dion of Syracuse
Dion (; el, Δίων ὁ Συρακόσιος; 408–354 BC), tyrant of Syracuse in Sicily, was the son of Hipparinus, and brother-in-law of Dionysius I of Syracuse. A disciple of Plato, he became Dionysius I's most trusted minister and advise ...
.
Aristomache was married to the tyrant
Dionysius I of Syracuse
Dionysius I or Dionysius the Elder ( 432 – 367 BC) was a Greek tyrant of Syracuse, in Sicily. He conquered several cities in Sicily and southern Italy, opposed Carthage's influence in Sicily and made Syracuse the most powerful of the Western Gr ...
on the same day that he married
Doris of Locris Doris ( grc, Δωρίς) of Epizephyrian Locris was the daughter of Xenetus, wife of the Sicilian tyrant Dionysius I of Syracuse, and mother of Dionysius II of Syracuse.
She died before her husband, who seems to have lamented her in one of his t ...
. She bore him two sons and two daughters, with one of whom, namely
Arete
''Arete'' ( Greek: ) is a concept in ancient Greek thought that, in its most basic sense, refers to 'excellence' of any kind Liddell, H.G. & Scott, R. '' A Greek–English Lexicon'', 9th ed. (Oxford, 1940), s.v.br>—especially a person or t ...
, she afterwards perished.
After Dion's assassination in 353 BCE, Aristomache was imprisoned together with her daughter. Both were subsequently liberated and kindly received by
Hicetas of Leontini Hicetas (Greek: or ) was a Syracusan general and tyrant of Leontini, contemporary with the younger Dionysius and Timoleon.
Hicetas is first mentioned as a friend of Dion. After Dion's death in 353 BC, his widow Arete and his sister Aristomache ...
, one of Dion's friends, but he was afterwards persuaded by the enemies of Dion to drown both mother and daughter.
Plutarch
Plutarch (; grc-gre, Πλούταρχος, ''Ploútarchos''; ; – after AD 119) was a Greek Middle Platonist philosopher, historian, biographer, essayist, and priest at the Temple of Apollo in Delphi. He is known primarily for his ...
, ''Dion'' 6, 21, 51, 57, 58
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4th-century BC Greek people
Ancient Syracusans
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