During his stay in New Orleans he proclaimed martial law, and carried out his measures with unrelenting sternness, banishing from the town a judge who attempted resistance. Of Spain and afterwards for many more the object of his unrelenting hostility, was by birth an Aragonese.
With the unjust execution of Socrates in mind, Aristotle chose to flee Athens, lest the Athenians sin twice against philosophy , as he said, and died a year later in 322 BCE.
This family saga is worthy of a Greek tragedy. One of the richest and most famous men in the world, Aristotle Onassis' world came crashing in when his son, Alexandros, died in a plane crash in 1973. Yet his daughter Christina was perhaps the most tragic character in the family.