Herpyllis ofStagira(Greek:Ἑρπυλλίς) wasAristotle's companion and lover after his wife,Pythias,died. It is unclear whether she was a free woman (as it appears in the surviving Greek version of Aristotle's will) or a servant (as in the Arabic version).[1]
Together Aristotle and Herpyllis had a son, namedNicomachusafter Aristotle's father.[2]Nicomachus was quite young when Aristotle wrote his will, as can be seen from the fact that Nicanor, Aristotle's nephew by his sisterArimneste,was appointed guardian until Nicomachus came of age.
It is possible that Herpyllis may have been Aristotle's wife, as Eusebius states that they were married.[3]In his will, Aristotle ensured that Herpyllis was provided for, in return for her goodness to him. These provisions stated that if she wished to be married, the trustees of his estate should ensure that she was married to a worthy man.[3][4]If, however, she did not wish to marry, the will granted her residence in his house in Stagira, and ordered that it be furnished according to her wishes. Additionally, he left her a bequest of money.[3][4][1]
References
edit- ^abNatali, Carlo (2022-11-29).Aristotle: His Life and School.Princeton University Press.ISBN978-0-691-24217-0.
- ^Pakaluk, Michael (2005-08-25).Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics: An Introduction.Cambridge University Press.ISBN978-1-139-44544-3.
- ^abcChroust, Anton-Hermann (2015-08-14).Aristotle: New Light on His Life and On Some of His Lost Works, Volume 1: Some Novel Interpretations of the Man and His Life.Routledge.ISBN978-1-317-38069-6.
- ^abVarious (2021-08-05).Routledge Library Editions: Aristotle.Routledge.ISBN978-1-317-38057-3.
- Diogenes Laërtius,Life of Aristotle.Translated byC.D. Yonge.
- Eduard Zeller,Aristotle and the Earlier Peripatetics(1897).
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