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322
Year and How Aristotle Died
In 322 B.C., just a year after he fled to Chalcis to escape prosecution under charges of impiety, Aristotle contracted a disease of the digestive organs and died. -
322
Alexander dies/A leaves Athens
Aristotle leaves Athens because his life is threatened - the famous quote "in order that Athenians might not commit a second crime against philosophy". -
323
Alexander the Great died
When Alexander the Great died suddenly in 323 B.C., the pro-Macedonian government was overthrown, and in light of anti-Macedonia sentiment, Aristotle was charged with impiety for his association with his former student and the Macedonian court. To avoid being prosecuted and executed, he left Athens and fled to Chalcis on the island of Euboea, where he would remain until his death a year later. -
330
Honours bestowed at Delphi
Appoximate - a fragment suggests that he was bestowed honours, but with the fall of Macedonia, the honours were flung down a well. -
335
Returns to Athens/Starts Lyceum
Academy is flourishing, but Aristotle sets up his own shop, the Lyceum. -
338
Teaching Alexander
In 338 B.C., Aristotle went home to Macedonia to start tutoring King Phillip II’s son, the then 13-year-old Alexander the Great. Phillip and Alexander both held Aristotle in high esteem and ensured that the Macedonia court generously compensated him for his work. -
341
Artaneus (city) is taken by Persians
Aristotle was to marry Hermias' nice - Hermias is tortured to death by Persians. Aristotle moves to Mytiline on the island of Lesbos. Meets Thophrastus (most famous pupil). -
343
Invited to tutor young Alexander the Great
"After Mytilene, a brief period in Stagira. Then, Phillip II, King of Macedon, invites Aristotle to court at Mieza to tutor his son Alexander. -
347
Aristotle Leaves Athen
Goes to Atarneus with Xenocrates -
Period: 347 to 367
Aristotle`s Work
Aristotle produced first drafts of his works on physics, metaphysics, ethics, politics, and rhetoric. -
Period: 347 to 367
Aristotle`s Education
Idealistic philosophical school of ancient Greece. It was founded by Plato (387 a. N. E.) In the park near Athens, called "Academy" in honor of the mythical hero Academo. In the so-called Ancient Academy (Espeusippus and others, 4th and 3rd centuries BC), the influence of Pythagoreanism was accentuated. -
384
Place and year Aristotle was Born
Aristotle was born circa 384 B.C. in Stagira, a small town on the northern coast of Greece.
