Arēs: the Greek War-God, answering generally to the Roman Mars.
Arȋdaeus (Arrhidaeus): (1) feeble half-witted king of Macedonia after his brother Alexander’s death.
(2) A general of Alexander, joint regent in 321 B.C., afterwards governor on the Hellespont.
Aríōn: c. 600 B.C.; the famous bard and harp-player of Lesbos, and supposed inventor of the dithyramb. His favourite abode was at the court of Periander.
Aristarchus: the prince of Greek grammarians and critics; flourished at Alexandria 181-146 B.C. Chiefly known for his commentaries on the language and matter of Homer, and his recension of the divergent manuscripts.
Aristeides (Aristídes): with the sobriquet of ‘the Just’; a noble of Athens, statesman and general, who figures in the stirring times of the war with Persia. Died c. 470 B.C.
Aristíppus: of Cyrene, disciple, but not imitator, of Socrates. A student and teacher of ethics, and founder of the Cyrenaic philosophy and its cult of pleasure: fl. c. 380-366 B.C. For a time he was at the court of Dionysius (q. v.) of Syracuse.
Arísto: (1) the chief bearer of the name was a philosopher who became head of the Peripatetic school about 230 B.C. Anciently considered a writer of more elegance than weight.
(2) A son of Sophocles, and probably himself a tragedian.
Aristómĕnes: practically regent of Egypt from 202 B.C.; a sound adviser of the young Ptolemy Epiphanes (q. v.), who put him to death for his frankness in 192 B.C.