CALLISTHENES

kəlĭsˈthənēz, c.360–c.327 b.c., Greek historian of Olynthus; nephew of Aristotle. He accompanied Alexander the Great into Asia as the historian of the expedition. At first he compared Alexander to a god, but later he became one of the principal critics of the Eastern manners of the court. He was suspected of complicity in a conspiracy against Alexander and put to death; this turned the Peripatetics, Aristotle's followers, against Alexander. Callisthenes' histories of contemporary affairs in Greece are lost. In medieval times he was believed to be the author of the standard biography of Alexander, a work that actually was written much later than Callisthenes' lifetime.

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Arrian of Nicomedia
Book by Philip A. Stadter; University of North Carolina Press, 1980
Subjects: Arrian, Arrian--Anabasis, Epictetus
fective final sentence, Callisthenes recalls the examples of Cyrus...disaster. Arrian clearly shares Callisthenes sentiments and presents them as...4 he had noted that although Callisthenes opposition to Anaxarchus was correct...
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A Historical Commentary on Diodorus Siculus, Book 15
Book by P. J. Stylianou; Oxford University, 1998
Subjects: Greece--History--To 146 B.C, History, Ancient--Historiography
...Ephorus plagiarized Daimachus, Callisthenes, and Anaximenes. Ephorus use, if not plagiarism, 277 of Callisthenes is corroborated by a comparison...passages in Diodorus with fragments of Callisthenes or with passages in authors whose...
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Greek Lives
Book by Robin Waterfield, Plutarch; Oxford University Press, 1998
Subjects: Greece--Biography
...another, and then the bowl reached Callisthenes. Alexander was not watching what he...talking to Hephaestion. After drinking, Callisthenes went over to kiss him but Demetrius...When Alexander refused to kiss him, Callisthenes said in a loud voice: All right...
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Alexander the Great: Selections from Arrian, Diodorus, Plutarch, and Quintus Curtius
Book by James Romm, Pamela Mensch; Hackett, 2005
Subjects: Alexander--The Great--356-323 B.C, Generals--Greece--Biography, Greece--History--Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C, Greece--Kings And Rulers--Biography
...In making these and similar remarks Callisthenes greatly irritated Alexander, though...around to him. When the cup came to Callisthenes, he drained it and approached Alexander...the time, he did not notice whether Callisthenes had performed his obeisance. But when...
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Epitome of the Philippic History of Pompeius Trogus - Vol. 1
Book by J. C. Yardley, Waldemar Heckel; Clarendon Press, 1997
Subjects: Alexander--The Great--356-323 B.C, Generals--Greece--Biography, Greece--History--Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C, Greece--Kings And Rulers--Biography
...both . . . pupils of Aristotle. Callisthenes of Olynthus Berve ii. 191-9, no...Alex. 55. 8; cf. also Suda s. v. Callisthenes ; Diog. Laert. 5. 4-5; Seneca...Justin does not mean that Alexander and Callisthenes had been fellow-students at Mieza...
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The Historian Ephorus: His Selection of Sources*
Journal article by Victor Parker; Antichthon, Vol. 38, 2004
Subjects: Books, Poetry, Poets
...Tyrtaeus, (Antiochus of Syracuse,18 Callisthenes, 19 Plato20), evince any detailed...second battle of Mantinea in 362), and Callisthenes (whose Hellenica began sometime after...Philips death.72 Finally we come to Callisthenes whom the communis opinio holds Ephorus...
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Castiglione vs. Cicero: Political Engagement, or Effeminate Chatter?
Journal article by Susan Gaylard; Italian Culture, Vol. 27, 2009
Subjects: Castiglione, Baldassare--Works, Cicero, Marcus Tullius--Works, Courtiers--Criticism and interpretation, Courtly life--Comparative analysis, De Oratore (Nonfiction work)--Authorship, Diplomats--Works, Libro del Cortegiano (Novel)--Criticism and interpretation, Philosophers--Works
...cortegiano" in contrast with Callisthenes "puro filosofo e cosi austero...4.47). The mention of Callisthenes contains a warning: in Plutarchs...Alexander, unimpressed by Callisthenes plain speaking, had him falsely...
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"Chaos Invading Concept": Blast as a Native Theory of Promotional Culture
Journal article by Paige Reynolds; Twentieth Century Literature, Vol. 46, 2000
Subjects: Advertising--Literature, Avant-garde (Aesthetics)--Advertising, Blast (Periodical)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Lewis, Wyndham--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Literary movements--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Modernism--Marketing, Periodicals--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Pound, Ezra--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...editorialist T. K. L. 27 took issue with Callisthenes, a character created by Selfridge...this letter, T. K. L. castigates Callisthenes, who in his column for Selfridges...driving T. K. L. to insist that Callisthenes makes Selfridge look ridiculous when...
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D. H. Green, the Beginnings of Medieval Romance: Fact and Fiction, 1150-1120
Journal article by Helen Cooper; Medium Aevum, Vol. 74, 2005
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, The Beginnings of Medieval Romance: Fact and Fiction, 1150-1120 (Book)--Book reviews
...which it could be fabricated. Dares famously took priority over Homer; Alexander took Callisthenes with him to chronicle his deeds, but Pseudo-Callisthenes was accepted as equally trustworthy; and romances are full not only of characters who...
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The Prophet and the Saint: Exploring Tensions and Possibilities for Dialogue between Faiths
Journal article by David Emmanuel Singh; Journal of Ecumenical Studies, Vol. 45, 2010
Subjects: Interfaith relations--Analysis, Islamic literature--Analysis, Moses--Criticism and interpretation, Narratives--Criticism and interpretation, Qur'an (Sacred work)--Criticism and interpretation, Religions--Analysis, Religions--Relations
...Translations of the Ethiopic Histories of Alexander by the Pseudo-Callisthenes and Other Writers (London: C. J. Clay and Sons, 1896...Alexander the Great Being the Syriac Version of the Pseudo-Callisthenes (Cambridge. UK.: Cambridge University Press. 1889...
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Alexander the Great: Hunting for a New Past? Paul Cartledge Goes in Search of the Elusive Personality of the World's Greatest Hero
Magazine article by Paul Cartledge; History Today, Vol. 54, July 2004
Subjects: Alexander the Great--Behavior, Conquerors--Behavior, Greece--History, Greek history, Kings and rulers--Behavior, Kings--Behavior
...execution of his official historian, the Callisthenes (a younger relative of Aristotle...public in the Persian manner, to which Callisthenes had led the--all-too--successful...Pharaoh). The episode that led to Callisthenes death in 327 was connected to this...
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Alexandria the Great: On the Mediterranean at the Western Edge of the Nile Delta Stands the Most Important and Enduring of All the Many Cities Founded by Alexander. Though Much of Its Material Past Has Been Destroyed or Lies Underwater, Alexandria's Reputation as the Intellectual Powerhouse of the Classical World, Fusing Greek, Egyptian and Roman Culture, Lives On
Magazine article by Paul Cartledge; History Today, Vol. 59, October 2009
Subjects: Alexander the Great--History, Alexandria, Egypt (City)--Appreciation, Alexandria, Egypt (City)--History, Greek history, to 330 (Ancient period)
...however, found the idea of divine worship of their leader harder to get used to and the expeditions official historian, Callisthenes (a relative of Alexanders old tutor Aristotle), openly refused to bow down before his king in ceremonial obeisance as...
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Have You Heard of Mansa Musa? Fact: The Africans Knew about the Lunar Cycle and Its Shadows Long before Any European Thought about It. If You Don't Believe It, Ask the BBC's Michael Palin
Magazine article; New African, October 2006
Subjects: African history--Analysis, Black History Month
...Kentake Qalhata (c. 639 BC) had her own pyramid built at AI Kurru, as other Kushite kings did (above photo). Pseudo-Callisthenes mentions that Alexander the Great visited "Candace, the black Queen of Meroe" in the 4th century. She was apparently...
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The Persian Epic of Kings: Millennium of the Poet Ferdowsi
Magazine article by Rasoul Sorkhabi; World and I, Vol. 26, January 2011
Subjects: Ferdowsi--Criticism and interpretation, Ferdowsi--Works, Persian literature--Criticism and interpretation, Poetry--Criticism and interpretation, The Book of Kings (Poem)--Criticism and interpretation
...clearly took this twisted story from a Persian or Arabic version of the Alexander Romance originally written by Pseudo-Callisthenes in which Alexander was orientalized as Eskandar. After a long narrative on Eskanders conquest and rule of Persia, Ferdowsi...


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newspaper articles on: Callisthenes  - 2 results

 
 
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Tutsis with a Twist; Dance Craze: The African Tribesmen Who Appeared in the Film King Solomon's Mines
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), August 9, 2007
...those of the most ancient times, Acastus,the son of Pelias; of later date, Alcman the poet, Pherecydes the theologian,Callisthenes the Olynthian, in the time of his imprisonment. The lousinessis usually attributed to phthiriasisthe excessive multiplication...
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The Alexander Technique; the Story of How Alexander the Great Conquered Half the World Is Perfect for a Hollywood Film. but, Reveals Historian MICHAEL WOOD, the Truth Had to Be Bent to Bring the Epic to Life on the Screen
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), January 1, 2005
...at Siwa in the desert. He wanted to know his destiny and, according to his historian spin doctor, Aristotles nephew, Callisthenes, the high priest saluted him as the son of God. The tale met with derision back in Athens. But perhaps this is the point...


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encyclopedia articles on: Callisthenes  - 2 results

 
 
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Callisthenes
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CALLISTHENES k lis th nez, c.360 c.327 b...Aristotles followers, against Alexander. Callisthenes histories of contemporary affairs in...actually was written much later than Callisthenes lifetime...
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Alexander the Great
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...developed against Alexander; in Greece, for instance, many decried his execution of Aristotles nephew, the historian Callisthenes , and the Greek cities resented his request that they treat him as a god. Alexanders Macedonian officers balked at his attempt...


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