Callixenus of Rhodes
Appearance
Callixenus of Rhodes (‹See Tfd›Greek: 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
[edit]- Peri Alexandreias - A work consisting of four books, and referenced much by Athenaeus[1] 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.[2]
Sources
[edit]References
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- Keyser, Paul T. (2014). "Kallixeinos of Rhodes (627)". In Ian Worthington (ed.). Brill's New Jacoby. Brill Online.