Callixenus of Rhodes explained

Callixenus of Rhodes (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: 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]

Bibliography

• Book: Keyser, Paul T.. Kallixeinos of Rhodes (627). Brill's New Jacoby. Ian Worthington. Brill Online. 2014. https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/brill-s-new-jacoby/kallixeinos-of-rhodes-627-a627.

Notes and 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…