person
Aristides
Aristides 'the Just' of Athens (d. c.468 BC), statesman proverbial for integrity; led to execution (in Seneca's telling), he answered an insult with unruffled wit.
Reading notes
- Consolation to His Mother Helvia §13 Aristides was being led
The Athenian statesman 'the Just'; even led to death he met a man's spit with a joke, so secure was his virtue against contempt.
- On Benefits §4.27.2 Aristides
Athenian statesman (5th c. BC) surnamed 'the Just' — so identified with justice that his name became its byword.