Aristeus (ancient Greece) explained

Aristeus or Aristeas (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Ἀριστέας) is the name of a number of people from classical antiquity. It may refer to:

• Aristeus, 5th century BCE Corinthian general
• Aristeus, son of Pellichus (possibly the same Pellichus immortalized in one of the sculptures of Demetrius of Alopece), also a military general from Corinth, was one of the commanders of the Corinthian fleet sent against Epidamnos in 436 BCE.^[1]
• Aristeus, a military commander from Sparta active around 423 BCE.^[2]
• Aristeus of Argos, son of Cheimon, won in the Dolichos event at the ancient Olympic games.^[3]

Notes and References

1. [Thucydides]
2. [Thucydides]
3. [Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]