If this book convinces us that we know less about Aristides than we did before we picked it up, it will have accomplished its goal. Brun argues that most of our information on Aristides, especially that from Plutarch, is based on ever-greater rhetorical exaggeration over the Hellenistic and Roman periods, and that it tells us … Continue reading Aristide ‘le Juste’. L’art et la manière de fabriquer un héros dans la cité démocratique