Callixenus of Rhodes
{{Short description|Hellenistic author from Rhodes}}
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Callixenus of Rhodes ({{langx|grc|Καλλίξενος or Καλλίξεινος ὁ Ῥόδιος}}) was a Hellenistic author from Rhodes. He was a contemporary of Ptolemy II Philadelphus, Ptolemy III Euergetes and Ptolemy IV Philopator. He wrote two works, both of which are lost.
Works
- Peri Alexandreias - A work consisting of four books, and referenced much by AthenaeusAthenaeus v. p. 196, &c., ix. p. 387, xi. pp. 472, 474, 483; Harpocrat. s. v. eggythike. It contained the main account of the Tessarakonteres.
- An untitled catalogue of painters and sculptors (Zografon te kai andriantopoion anagrafe), of which Sopater, in the twelfth book of his Eclogae had made an abridgement.Photius Bibliotheca 161 p. 104 b 38; comp. Preller, Polem. Fragm. p. 178, &c.: ὁ δὲ δωδέκατος αὐτῶι λόγος συνήθροισται ἐξ ἄλλων τι διαφόρων καὶ ἐκ τῆς Καλλιξένου ζωγράφων τε καὶ ἀνδριαντοποιῶν ἀναγραφῆς…
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Bibliography
- {{cite book|last=Keyser|first=Paul T.|chapter=Kallixeinos of Rhodes (627)|title=Brill's New Jacoby|editor=Ian Worthington|publisher=Brill Online|year=2014|chapter-url=https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/brill-s-new-jacoby/kallixeinos-of-rhodes-627-a627}}
Category:3rd-century BC Greek historians
Category:Hellenistic sculpture
Category:Ancient Rhodian historians
Category:3rd-century BC Rhodians
Category:Ancient Greek historians known only from secondary sources
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