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Son of Cydimachus or Lysimachus, of Athens.[1] Rhetor. His mother was a freedwoman. He was nicknamed 'Dog' because of his shamelessness. He was put to death by the Athenians. His speeches were: Defence in reply to Demosthenes the general,[2] In reply to Lycurgus, Prosecution of Timotheus, Prosecution of Timarchus,[3] Prosecution of Hyperides, Prosecution of Thrasyllus. Orphan Speech.
Investigate this Aristogiton: perhaps he is the comrade of Harmodius.[4]

*)aristogei/twn, *kudima/xou h)\ *lusima/xou, *)aqhnai=os, r(h/twr, mhtro\s de\ a)peleuqerikh=s: o(/stis e)pekalei=to ku/wn dia\ th\n a)nai/deian au)tou=. e)foneu/qh de\ u(po\ *)aqhnai/wn, lo/gous poih/sas, *)apologi/an pro\s *dhmosqe/nhn to\n strathgo\n, *pro\s *lukou=rgon, *kata\ *timoqe/ou, *kata\ *tima/rxou, *kata\ *(uperi/dou, *kata\ *qrasu/llou, *)orfaniko/n. zh/tei peri\ tou=de tou= *)aristogei/tonos, mh/pote/ e)stin ou(=tos o( *(armodi/ou e(tai=ros.

[1] Identical with [alpha 3913] Aristogiton. See generally RE Aristogeiton(2); NP Aristogeiton(2); and further below, under Bibliography.
[2] Adler (addenda) notes Gutschmid's proposed emendation to Defence of the generals in reply to Demosthenes.
[3] See under tau 595.
[4] Chronologically impossible, with almost two centuries separating them (for Aristogiton and Harmodius the C6 tyrannicides see alpha 3975, and OCD(4) 156-7); and there is no reason to think they were even related.

David Whitehead (modified headword and keyword; added bibliography; cosmetics) on 11 October 2000@03:49:51.
David Whitehead (added note) on 27 June 2001@07:04:00.
David Whitehead (added keywords; cosmetics) on 24 August 2002@11:45:47.
David Whitehead (added keyword) on 24 August 2002@11:46:50.
David Whitehead (more keywords; cosmetics) on 12 April 2012@05:02:53.
David Whitehead (another note and keyword) on 24 January 2014@08:10:41.
David Whitehead (updated a ref) on 31 July 2014@03:28:50.
David Whitehead (coding) on 31 August 2015@05:36:12.

Son of Skydimos;[1] a sycophant. This man's father was a public debtor and died in prison. And Aristogeiton himself, as the inheritor of the debt, was subsequently seized. His mother was sold [as a slave] by the state. In prison he stole a register and was found out by the jailers, and he bit off the nose of the man whose register he had stolen. And[2] after he had run away and Zobia had given him shelter, asking for a good turn when he was strong [again], he hauled her off to the auction-house of the metic-tax; and his own sister he did sell for export. He indicted Hyperides for making an illegal proposal in his decree after Chaironeia and he did not convict [him].[3]

*)aristogei/twn, *skudi/mou, sukofa/nths. tou/tou o( path\r o)flh/sas tw=| dhmosi/w| teleuta=| e)n tw=| desmwthri/w|. kai\ au)to\s *)aristogei/twn meta\ tau=ta w(s klhrono/mos tou= o)flh/matos e)de/qh. h( de\ mh/thr e)pra/qh u(po\ tou= dh/mou. e)n de\ tw=| desmwthri/w| kle/yas grammatei=on kategnw/sqh u(po\ tw=n desmwtw=n, kai\ th\n r(i=na, ou(= to\ grammatei=on e)/kleyen, e)/fage. kai\ *zwbi/an u(podecame/nhn au)to\n fugo/nta, a)ciou=san eu)= paqei=n, o(/te i)/sxuen, e)pi\ to\ tou= metoiki/ou pwlhth/rion h)/gage, kai\ th\n a)delfh\n e)p' e)cagwgh=| pe/praken. *(uperi/dhn de\ e)gra/yato parano/mwn e)pi\ tw=| meta\ *xairw/neian yhfi/smati kai\ ou)x ei(=len.

[1] Actually Kydimachos; see already alpha 3912.
[2] For this sentence cf. Demosthenes 25.55-57 (web address 1 below). The material reappears under epsilon 1514 and mu 820; cf. also zeta 115.
[3] In 338/7. For details see M.H. Hansen, The Sovereignty of the Peoples Court in Athens in the Fourth Century BC and the Public Action against Unconstitutional Proposals (Odense 1974) 36-7, #27.

David Whitehead (modified translation; augmented notes and keywords) on 1 August 2001@09:51:18.
David Whitehead (more keywords; cosmetics) on 10 November 2005@08:59:01.
David Whitehead (another keyword) on 22 November 2005@09:56:13.
David Whitehead (more keywords; tweaking) on 12 April 2012@05:06:20.
Catharine Roth (tweaked link) on 31 October 2015@00:53:17.

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