[1] Of Olynthus, Alexander historian, related to Aristotle
Callisthenes of Olynthus, Alexander historian, son of a female cousin of Aristotle [6], who raised him (Plut. Alexander 55,8) and whom he accompanied to Assos, Macedonia and then perhaps to Athens. After the death of Hermias [1] he wrote in praise of him (quoted by Didymus, In Demosthenem 5-6). Together with Aristotle he composed a list of Pythionikai ( P…
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Badian, Ernst (Cambridge, MA) and
Nadig, Peter C. (Duisburg),
“Callisthenes”, in:
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