ABSTRACT
The aim of this paper is to deal with the sayings attributed to Aristo of Ceos in the Greek gnomological tradition. 1 I have two options. I could just state the fact and leave it at that; the fact is that there are no sayings explicitly attributed to Aristo of Ceos. The other option is to discuss the extant sayings that may belong to him. I have chosen the second option. I will thus be examining the few sayings that could belong to the Peripatetic philosopher Aristo of Ceos in the Greek gnomological tradition. As we shall see, these sayings may equally belong to the Stoic Aristo of Chios, since they are attributed simply to “Aristo the philosopher.” 294The sayings explicitly attributed to the Stoic Aristo by Diogenes Laertius will not be dealt with here.
