Aristocles of Messene

Aristocles of Messene, a Peripatetic philosopher, who probably lived in the 1st century AD. [Karamanolis, G., (2006), "Plato and Aristotle in Agreement?: Platonists on Aristotle from Antiochus to Porphyry", page 37. Oxford University Press.] He may have been the teacher of Alexander of Aphrodisias [Cyrill. c. Jul. ii. The correct reading of this passage is in doubt and may refer instead to Aristotle of Mytilene.]

According to the Suda [Suda, "Aristokles".] and Eudokia, he wrote several works:
*Πότερον σπουδαιότερος Ομηροσ ἢ Πλάτων.
*Τέχναι ῥητορικαί.
*A work on the god Serapis.
*A work on Ethics, in ten books.
*A work on Philosophy, likewise in ten books.

The last of these works appears to have been a history of philosophy, in which he wrote about the philosophers, their schools, and doctrines. Several fragments of it are preserved in Eusebius. [Eusebius, "Praep. Evang.", xiv, xv.]

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