Aristocles of Messene (/əˈrɪstəˌkliːz/; Greek: Ἀριστοκλῆς ὁ Μεσσήνιος), in Sicily, was a Peripatetic philosopher, who probably lived in the 1st century AD. He may have been the teacher of Alexander of Aphrodisias. According to the Suda and Eudokia, he wrote several works: * Πότερον σπουδαιότερος Ὅμηρος ἢ Πλάτων – Whether Homer or Plato is more Worthy. * Τέχναι ῥητορικαί – Arts of Rhetoric. * A work on the god Serapis. * A work on Ethics, in nine books. * A work on Philosophy, in ten books.