#aristides

Lycurgus - The legendary lawgiver of Sparta

Pericles - Greek statesman and general during the Golden Age of Athens

Aristides—often called "Aristides the Just"—was an early 5th century politician and general of the city-state of Athens. He first rose to notability leading troops to ward off the Achaemenid Empire at the 490 BCE Battle of Marathon (the Achaemenids being the "Persian" part of "Greco-Persian Wars").

Politically, he opposed another Athenian politican and general, Themistocles, a rivalry which eventually resulted in Aristides' ostracism from Athens—"ostracism" being a democratic procedure where Athenian citizens could vote for someone to be exiled from Athens for ten years.

Plutarch, the 1st century Greek philosopher and historian, tells an anecdote that took place during this event. As voters were inscribing their ostraca (the broken pieces of pottery on which voters wrote the names of those they would ostracize—in the singular, "ostracon"), Aristides was approached by one illiterate citizen who, not recognizing Aristides, asked him to write Aristides' name on it for him. Aristides asked the man what wrong it was that Aristides had done him.

"None at all," came the response, "neither know I the man; but I am tired of hearing him everywhere called 'The Just.'"

Aristides said nothing else, but wrote his name on the ostracon and returned it.

HISTORY: Jockey Oliver Lewis Won the 1st Kentucky Derby 147 Years Ago (LISTEN)

by Lori Lakin Hutcherson (@lakinhutcherson) In the wake of the recent Kentucky Derby upset, today we take a brief look at Oliver Lewis, the jockey who won the very first Derby, and the history of Black jockeys at the event. To read about it, read on. To hear about it, press PLAY: https://goodblacknews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/GBNPADpod050922.mp3 [You can follow or subscribe to the Good…

Some of the dragons of Ieri Poli, the keystone city of the Sunbeam Ruins which protects the central lands from the Hewn City! This is a combination of both my side faction and @vicegrips-fr’s side faction that we smashed together because it made more sense for them to just be the same thing.

Top left: Belisarius Dei, an ancient creation of the Lightweaver known as a Herald, worshipped as a demigod. Her domains are Fortitude, fresh spring water

Top right: Marpessa, a mid tier priestess of The Order, the encompassing paladin organisation that runs the city. She handles administrative duties.

Bottom left: Aristides, the captain of one of the paladin guilds named Lux in Tenebris Lucet. He’s highborn, proud of his abilities, but forced to herd cats due to his teammates being, uh, unusual.

Bottom right: Alcibiades, (whom some may remember!), a noble who was kicked out of his house. Now he freeloads at the temples and plays music for the festivals.

Today’s Horse Is:

Aristides 060 Blue Marble Satin

[Source: Chicago Music Exchange. Price: £2,692/$3,408]