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ARISTO.
ARisto succeeded Lyco. He was of the Islanda 1.1 Ceos, famous for a Law, that whosoever exceeded 60. years of age should be put to death, that there might be no want of Provision for those that were more serviceable. In former time saith Strabo, it had four Citties, now there re∣main but two, Iulis and Carthaea, into which the rest were transferr'd Poecessa into Carthaea, Caressus into Iulis. In Iulis Aristo was born. He was an Auditor of Lyco, and succee∣ded him in the Government of the Peripatetick School, as Cicero, Plutarch, and Clemens Alexandrinus affirm.
He was a great imitator of Bion the Boristenite. Cicero saith, hee was neat and elegant. He wrote a Treatise of Nilus, cited by Stra∣bo, and Amatory Similies, frequently cited by Athenaeus.
In the second Book of hisb 1.2 Amatory Similies, he saith, that Pole∣mo the Academick advised to provide such entertainment at Feasts, as should be pleasant not only at the present, but also on the mor∣row.
c 1.3 In the same Book of his Amatory Similies, of an Athenian well in years, named Dorus, who would be thought handsom, he apply'd the words of Ulysses to Dolo,
Rich presents sure may lead away, And thy too easie Soul betray.
d 1.4 In the second of his Amatory Similies, he saith, the antients first bound their heads, conceiving it good against the pain caused by the vapours of the wine; afterwards for more ornament they used Garlands.
Laertius upon the testimony of Panaetius and Sosicrates affirmeth, that all the writings ascribed to Aristo of Chios the Stoick (except the Epistles) belong to Aristo the Peripatetick, their Titles, these,
- Protrepticks 2.
- Of Zeno's Doctrine: Scholastick Dialogues 6.
- Of Wisdom, Dissertations 7.
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