Aristonicus
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Aristonicus may refer to:
- Aristonicus of Pergamon, who as king became Eumenes IIIEumenes IIIEumenes III was the pretender to the throne of Pergamon.When the Pergamene King Attalus III died in 133 BC, he bequeathed his kingdom to the Romans...
(died 129 BC), and promised freedom to the slaves - Aristonicus of AlexandriaAristonicus of AlexandriaAristonicus of Alexandria was a distinguished Greek grammarian who lived during the reigns of Augustus and Tiberius, contemporary with Strabo...
, a grammarian and Homeric scholar - Aristonicus of MethymnaeAristonicus of MethymnaeAristonicus was a tyrant of Methymnae in Lesbos in the 4th century BCE. In 332 BCE, when the navarchs of Alexander the Great had already taken possession of the harbour of Chios, Aristonicus arrived during the night with some privateer ships, and entered it under the belief that it was still in...
, a 4th century Lesbian tyrant - Aristonicus (eunuch)Aristonicus (eunuch)Aristonicus was a eunuch of Ptolemy V Epiphanes. He was brought up with the king from his early youth. Polybius speaks of him in terms of high praise, as a man of a generous and warlike disposition, and skilled in political transactions...
, who was brought up with Ptolemy Epiphanes - Aristonicus of TarentumAristonicus of TarentumAristonicus of Tarentum was the author of a work on Greek mythology which ancient sources often refer to. He is perhaps the same as the one mentioned by Athenaeus 1.20, but nothing is known about him....
, author of a work on mythology