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Herpyllis of Stagira
Stagira

Stagira is a Greece village lying on a picturesque plateau on the Chalcidice peninsula, and standing at the foot of the Argirolofos






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Herpyllis of Stagira
Stagira

Stagira is a Greece village lying on a picturesque plateau on the Chalcidice peninsula, and standing at the foot of the Argirolofos hill. The village stands a few kilometers south from the ancient Stageira, the birthplace of Aristotle, and a statue of him stands in it....
 was 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 mistress after his wife, 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....
, died.

Together Aristotle and Herpyllis had a son, named 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....
 after Aristotle's father. Nicomachus was quite young when Aristotle wrote his will, as can be seen from the fact that 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...
, Aristotle's nephew by his sister Arimneste
Arimneste

Arimneste was the daughter of Nicomachus and Phaestis, and Aristotle's older sister. In addition to Aristotle, Arimneste had a brother named Arimnestus....
, is appointed guardian until 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.