Proxenus of Atarneus is most famous for being
AristotleAristotle was a Greek philosopher, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. He wrote on many subjects, including physics, metaphysics, poetry, theater, music, logic, rhetoric, politics, government, ethics, biology, and zoology.Together with Plato and Socrates , Aristotle is one of...
's guardian after the death of his parents. Proxenus educated Aristotle for a couple of years before sending him to Athens to
PlatoPlato , was a Classical Greek philosopher, mathematician, writer of philosophical dialogues, and founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world...
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Proxenus of Atarneus is most famous for being
AristotleAristotle was a Greek philosopher, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. He wrote on many subjects, including physics, metaphysics, poetry, theater, music, logic, rhetoric, politics, government, ethics, biology, and zoology.Together with Plato and Socrates , Aristotle is one of...
's guardian after the death of his parents. Proxenus educated Aristotle for a couple of years before sending him to Athens to
PlatoPlato , was a Classical Greek philosopher, mathematician, writer of philosophical dialogues, and founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world...
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AcademyAn academy is an institution of higher learning, research, or honorary membership.The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 385 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the goddess of wisdom, north of Athens, Greece.-The original Academy:Before the Akademia was a...
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Proxenus had married Aristotle's older sister
ArimnesteArimneste was the daughter of Nicomachus and Phaestis, and Aristotle's older sister. In addition to Aristotle, Arimneste had a brother named Arimnestus. Her name and that of her brother translates as "Greatly remembered"....
, whereby they had a daughter
HeroA hero is a person who performs extraordinary deeds for the benefit of others.Hero may also refer to:-Heroic figures:* Hero , a title presented by governments to their citizens for great achievements...
and a son
NicanorNicanor 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...
. Hero's own son,
CallisthenesCallisthenes of Olynthus was a Greek historian. He was the son of Hero and Proxenus of Atarneus, which made him the great nephew of Aristotle by his sister Arimneste. They first met when Aristotle tutored Alexander the Great...
, would later become a student and collaborator with his great-uncle Aristotle. Nicanor eventually married Aristotle's daughter,
PythiasPythias was the adoptive daughter of Hermias of Atarneus, as well as Aristotle's first wife.She was probably born about 361 BC and died in Athens after 336 BC. She predeceased Aristotle, which is known from his will, since it directs that her wish be honored to have her bones buried with...
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