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Arimneste was the daughter of Nicomachus

Nicomachus (father of Aristotle)

Nicomachus , lived c. 375 BC, was the father of Aristotle.The Suda states that he was a doctor descended from Nicomachus, son of Machaon the son of Asclepius....
and Phaestis, and Aristotle

Aristotle

Aristotle was a Greeks philosopher, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. He wrote on many subjects, including physics, metaphysics, Poetics , theater, music, logic, rhetoric, politics, government, ethics, biology and zoology....
's older sister. In addition to Aristotle, Arimneste had a brother named Arimnestus. Her name and that of her brother translates as "Greatly remembered".

There were two famous men named "Arimnestus" after whom Arimneste may have been named. The first Arimnestus was the Spartan soldier who killed the Persian general, Mardonius

Mardonius

Mardonius was a leading Persian Empire military commander during the Persian Wars with Greece in the early 5th century BC....
, at the Battle of Platea.

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Arimneste was the daughter of Nicomachus

Nicomachus (father of Aristotle)

Nicomachus , lived c. 375 BC, was the father of Aristotle.The Suda states that he was a doctor descended from Nicomachus, son of Machaon the son of Asclepius....
and Phaestis, and Aristotle

Aristotle

Mardonius

Mardonius was a leading Persian Empire military commander during the Persian Wars with Greece in the early 5th century BC....
, at the Battle of Platea. The second Arimnestus was the King of the Tyrrhenians

Tyrrhenians

The Tyrrhenians or Tyrsenians is an exonym used by Ancient Greece authors to refer to a pre-Greek....
, who sent a gold throne to Olympia in honor of the Olympic Games

Olympic Games

The Olympic Games are an international multi-sport event established for both summer and winter sports. There have been two generations of the Olympic Games; the first were the Ancient Olympic Games held at Olympia, Greece, Greece....
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Arimneste married Proxenus of Atarneus

Proxenus of Atarneus

Proxenus of Atarneus is most famous for being Aristotle's guardian after the death of his parents. Proxenus educated Aristotle for a couple of years before sending him to Athens to Plato's Academy....
, by which they had a daughter, Hero

Hero

A hero , in Greek mythology and folklore, was originally a demigod, the offspring of a mortal and a deity,their Greek hero cult being one of the most distinctive features of Religion in ancient Greece....
, and a son, Nicanor

Nicanor

Nicanor or Nikanor may refer to:In ancient history:* Nicanor , 4th century BCE; an officer of Cassandrus* Nicanor , 4th century BCE; Macedonian officer, governor of Media under Antigonus...
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Hero was Callisthenes

Callisthenes

Callisthenes of Olynthus was a Ancient Greece historian. He was the son of Hero and Proxenus of Atarneus, which made him the great nephew of Aristotle by his sister Arimneste....
of Olynthus' mother. Nicanor married Aristotle's daughter Pythias

Pythias

Pythias was the adoptive daughter of Hermias of Atarneus, as well as Aristotle's first wife.She was probably born about 362 BC and died in Athens after 335 BC....
. According to Aristotle's will, Nicanor was to manage the family affairs until his own son, Nicomachus

Nicomachus (son of Aristotle)

Nicomachus , lived c. 325 BC, was the son of Aristotle.The Suda states that he was from Stageira, a philosopher, a pupil of Theophrastus. He may have written a commentary on his father's lectures in physics....
came of age.