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Ariston of Alaea (Ancient Greek: Ἀρίστων ό Ἀλαιεύς), an otherwise unknown place (possibly Halaesa), was a rhetorician of ancient Greece who wrote, according to Diogenes Laërtius, scientific treatises on rhetoric.

Another rhetorician of the same name, a native of Gerasa, is mentioned by Stephanus of Byzantium.

References

1. Diogenes Laërtius, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers 7.164
2. Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica s.v. Γέρασα

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Schmitz, Leonhard (1870). "Ariston, literary (6)". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 310.

• Ancient Greek rhetoricians
• Ancient Greek writers known only from secondary sources