Aristonidas Explained

Aristonidas should not be confused with Aristonides.

Aristonidas was a sculptor of ancient Greece, one of whose productions is mentioned by Pliny the Elder as extant at Thebes in his time.^[1] This work was a statue of Athamas – the mythological Boeotian king who murdered his own son – in which bronze and iron had been mixed together, that the rust of the latter, showing through the brightness of the bronze, might have the appearance of a blush, and so might indicate the remorse of Athamas.^{[2] [3]}

Notes and References

1. [Pliny the Elder]
2. Book: Scrivenor , Harry . History of the Iron Trade: From the Earliest Records to the Present Period . Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans . 1854 . 14 . English . 2023-04-09.
3. Book: Hodgson , john . Archaeologia Aeliana, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity . An Enquiry into the Era when Brass was used in purposes to which Iron is now applied . . 1 . 1822 . 90 . English . 2023-04-09.