Callias, an Athenian appointed to make peace between Artaxerxes and his country. Diodorus, bk. 12.——A son of Temenus, who murdered his father with the assistance of his brothers. Apollodorus, bk. 2, ch. 6.——A Greek poet, son of Lysimachus. His compositions are lost. He was surnamed Schœnion, from his twisting ropes (σχοινος), through poverty. Athenæus, bk. 10.——A partial historian of Syracuse. He wrote an account of the Sicilian wars, and was well rewarded by Agathocles, because he had shown him in a favourable view. Athenæus, bk. 12.—Dionysius.——An Athenian greatly revered for his patriotism. Herodotus, bk. 6, ch. 121.——A soothsayer.——An Athenian commander of a fleet against Philip, whose ships he took, &c.——A rich Athenian, who liberated Cimon from prison, on condition of marrying his sister and wife Elpinice. Cornelius Nepos & Plutarch, Cimon.——An historian, who wrote an explanation of the poems of Alcæus and Sappho.
Callibius, a general in the war between Mantinea and Sparta. Xenophon, Hellenica.
Callicērus, a Greek poet, some of whose epigrams are preserved in the Anthologia.
Callichŏrus, a place of Phocis, where the orgies of Bacchus were yearly celebrated.
Callĭcles, an Athenian, whose house was not searched on account of his recent marriage, when an inquiry was made after the money given by Harpalus, &c. Plutarch, Demosthenes.——A statuary of Megara.
Callicolōna, a place of Troy, near the Simois.
Callicrătes, an Athenian, who seized upon the sovereignty of Syracuse, by imposing upon Dion when he had lost his popularity. He was expelled by the sons of Dionysius, after reigning 13 months. He is called Calippus by some authors. Cornelius Nepos, Dion.——An officer entrusted with the care of the treasures of Susa by Alexander. Curtius, bk. 5, ch. 2.——An artist, who made, with ivory, ants and other insects, so small that they could scarcely be seen. It is said that he engraved some of Homer’s verses upon a grain of millet. Pliny, bk. 7, ch. 21.—Ælian, Varia Historia, bk. 1, ch. 17.——An Athenian, who, by his perfidy, constrained the Athenians to submit to Rome. Pausanias, bk. 7, ch. 10.——A Syrian, who wrote an account of Aurelian’s life.——A brave Athenian, killed at the battle of Platæa. Herodotus, bk. 9, ch. 72.
Callicratĭdas, a Spartan, who succeeded Lysander in the command of the fleet. He took Methymna, and routed the Athenian fleet under Conon. He was defeated and killed near the Arginusæ, in a naval battle, B.C. 406. Diodorus, bk. 13.—Xenophon, Hellenica.——One of the four ambassadors sent by the Lacedæmonians to Darius, upon the rupture of their alliance with Alexander. Curtius, bk. 3, ch. 13.——A Pythagorean writer.
Callidius, a celebrated Roman orator, contemporary with Cicero, who speaks of his abilities with commendation. Cicero, Brutus, ch. 274.—Paterculus, bk. 2, ch. 36.
Callidrŏmus, a place near Thermopylæ. Thucydides, bk. 8, ch. 6.