Aristides

American  

[ar-uh-stahy-deez] / ˌær əˈstaɪ diz /

noun

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

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Aristides British  

/ ˌærɪˈstaɪdiːz /

noun

1. 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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Aristides

The Greek orator Aristides claimed that to see all the products of the world, one had two choices: visit the entire world or simply go to Rome.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2025

From the first Derby, won by Aristides in 1875, to this year’s race, one constant has remained.

From New York Times ● May 4, 2024

Thirteen of the 15 jockeys in the first Derby were Black, including Oliver Lewis, who rode Aristides to victory in front of 10,000 cheering fans in 1875.

From Seattle Times ● May 1, 2024

Detectives have now asked the public to help locate Mate Stipinovich, 49, and Karl Whitburn, 45, from Perth, and 36-year-old Aristides Avlontis, who is thought to be in the Northern Territory.

From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2023

A second group, known as the “Greek Apologists,” embraces Aristides, Justin, Tatian, Athenagoras and Theophilus; and a third consists of the early polemical writers, Irenaeus and 201 Hippolytus.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various

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