Ariphron (; ) was the name of several people from ancient Greek history:
Ariphron, the father of Xanthippus, and grandfather of Pericles, both prominent Athenian statesmen. He was associated with the Alcmaeonid family.Herodotus, vi. 131, 136, vii. 33, viii. 131Pausanias, Description of Greece iii, 7. § 8 Ariphron, the brother of Pericles.Plato, Protagoras p. 320, a Ariphron of Sicyon, a Greek poet, and the author of a paean to health (), which has been preserved by Athenaeus.Athenaeus, xv. p. 702 The beginning of the poem is quoted by Lucian and Maximus of Tyre.Lucian, de Lapsu inter Salt. c. 6Maximus of Tyre, xiii. 1 It is also printed in Bergk's Poetae Lyrici Graeci.Theodor Bergk, Poetae Lyrici Graeci p. 841 Ariphron, an Archon of Athens, reigning in the 9th century BC.
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