# Callixenus

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{{Short description|Late 5th-century Athenian politician}}
{{otheruses|Callixenus (given name)}}
thumb|alt=An image of an ostrakon, a piece of pottery used for voting in ancient Athens, inscribed with the name of Callixenus, who was proposed for ostracism. The artifact is displayed in the Ancient Agora Museum in Athens|An ostrakon bearing the name of Callixenus, proposed for ostracism
'''Callixenus''' ({{langx|grc|Καλλίξενος}}) (fl. 406 BC – 400 BC) was an [Athenian](/source/Athens) politician who lived around the time of [Socrates](/source/Socrates).  After the [Battle of Arginusae](/source/Battle_of_Arginusae), Callixenus argued that the generals who failed to rescue Athenian shipwreck victims should be tried together by the Assembly.  [Euryptolemus](/source/Euryptolemus) brought a suit (''[graphe paranomon](/source/graphe_paranomon)'') against Callixenus claiming that the proposal was unlawful, but was forced to drop it in the face of public opinion.  At the trial, the remaining generals – two, [Aristogenes](/source/Aristogenes_(general)) and [Protomachus](/source/Protomachus_(Athenian_general)), had already fled Athens rather than face trial – were found guilty, and sentenced to death.{{sfn|Schmitz|2006}}  A later rhetorical work by [Aelius Aristides](/source/Aelius_Aristides) claims that Callixenus also proposed that the generals should not be buried, though this is certainly ahistorical.{{sfn|Stephens|1983|p=173}}

As public opinion turned against the motion brought by Callixenus, a case was brought against him and he fled Athens.  He returned in the [general amnesty of 403](/source/Thirty_Tyrants), and died in [Athens](/source/Athens) of starvation.{{sfn|Schmitz|2006}}

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* {{citation|contribution=Callixenus|title=Brill's New Pauly|url=http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/brill-s-new-pauly/*-e607240|last=Schmitz|first=Winfried|year=2006|access-date=19 August 2017}}
* {{citation|last=Stephens|first=S. A.|title=The "Arginusae" Theme in Greek Rhetorical Theory and Practice|journal=The Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists|volume=20|issue=3|year=1983}}

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Category:5th-century BC Greek politicians
Category:5th-century BC Athenians

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