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Aristides

Athenian statesman known as 'the Just'.

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First appearance: book i

Aristides shows up with force in XIII. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Arrests the Persian envoy Artaphernes at Eion, leading to the interception of dispatches to Lacedaemon.
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Aristides first appears in 0002 book i.

In XIII: Arrests the Persian envoy Artaphernes at Eion, leading to the interception of dispatches to Lacedaemon.

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This excerpt marks the dramatic climax because it captures the Athenians' fateful psychological peak of hubris…

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