Aristarchus son of Moschus
historical figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 3 anchored passages
Aristarchus · Aristarchus, son of Moschus · Aristarchus, the son of Moschus
in the texts
Against Timarchus
A wealthy orphaned young man whom Demosthenes allegedly seduced with false political promises, leading to his exile and implication in a killing.
A fatherless young man, half crazy, was managing the estate, Aristarchus, son of Moschus.
Against Meidias
Athenian accused of murdering Nicodemus and used by Meidias, according to Demosthenes, in a plot against him.
and not content with this, he spent money on an iniquitous attempt to procure my banishment as well as that of Aristarchus.
Then, when for all his desperate shifts he could bring none of these charges home to me, he turned informer against Aristarchus, aiming evidently at me.
Yet when Meidias is proved guilty of all this, as well as of his insults when I was chorus-master, what leniency, what compassion shall he deserve at your hands?