Aristides of Athens

Aristides was a Christian philosopher of Athens who wrote an apology addressed to a Roman emperor. It survives complete in Syriac and in a reworked Greek form inside the medieval novel Barlaam and Ioasaph.

Dates

2nd century (approximate)

See or city

Athens

Region

Attica

Also known as

Aristides the Philosopher

Notes

Eusebius (Church History 4.3) says Aristides addressed an apology to Hadrian; the Syriac version names Antoninus Pius. The dates and the emperor are disputed.

Works

• ApologyApologia · ca. 125–145 · CPG number not yet checked