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name: Aelius Aristides of Smyrna
name_greek: Πόπλιος Αἴλιος Ἀριστείδης Θεόδωρος
eul_aid: pnc
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/authors/aelius-aristides-of-smyrna-pnc"
period: Roman
dialect: Attic
affiliation: Sophist
works_count: 3
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Aelius Aristides of Smyrna

*Πόπλιος Αἴλιος Ἀριστείδης Θεόδωρος*

**eul_aid:** `pnc` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/authors/aelius-aristides-of-smyrna-pnc)

Aelius Aristides, second century CE Greek orator. Surviving works include orations and treatises. Free to read and download from the Greek library archive.

## Works

- [Christian Apologetic Fragments](https://eulogikon.org/works/aelius-aristides-smyrna-christian-apologetic-pnc-ab) — *Ἀπολογητικὰ Χριστιανικὰ Ἀποσπάσματα* · `pnc-ab`
- [On the Nature of God and Humanity](https://eulogikon.org/works/aelius-aristides-smyrna-nature-god-humanity-pnc-ac) — *Ἀποσπάσματα* · `pnc-ac`
- [Philosophical Fragments](https://eulogikon.org/works/aelius-aristides-smyrna-philosophical-fragments-pnc-aa) — *Φιλοσοφικὰ Ἀποσπάσματα* · `pnc-aa`

## License and provenance

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