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Why did Aristotle name a dialogue Gryllus?
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Aristotle named his dialogue Gryllus in honor of Gryllus, the son of the Greek historian Xenophon.
Gryllus was killed at the second Battle of Mantinea in 362 BCE while serving in the Athenian cavalry. His death prompted a widespread outpouring of eulogies, and Aristotle chose to title his dialogueâwhich served as a critique of Isocratesâ views on rhetoricâafter him.1