Aristotle

Aristotle's mother, Phaestis, came from Chalcis in Euboea and her family owned property there.When Aristotle was about ten years old his father died.In 367 BC Aristotle, at the age of seventeen, became a student at Plato's Academy in Athens.At the time that Aristotle joined the Academy it had been operating for twenty years.When Aristotle arrived in Athens, the Academy was being run by Eudoxus of Cnidos in Plato's absence.We know little regarding what Aristotle taught at the Academy.All Aristotle's writings of this time strongly support Plato's views and those of the Academy.Aristotle travelled from Athens to Assos which faces the island of Lesbos.In Assos Aristotle was received by the ruler Hermias of Atarneus with much acclaim.However, Aristotle's wife died about 10 years after their marriage.