Callixenus of Rhodes (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

  • 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

References

  1. ↑ Athenaeus v. p. 196, &c., ix. p. 387, xi. pp. 472, 474, 483; Harpocrat. s. v. eggythike.
  2. ↑ 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…

Bibliography

  • Keyser, Paul T. (2014). "Kallixeinos of Rhodes (627)". In Ian Worthington (ed.). Brill's New Jacoby. Brill Online.


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