A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

(Ἀριστόφων). There are three Athenians who are called orators, and have frequently been confounded with one another (as by Casaubon, ad Theophrast. Charact. 8, and Burmann, ad Quintil. 5.12. p. 452). Ruhnken (Hist. Crit. Orat. Gr. p. xlv., &c.) first established the distinction between them.