# Callixenus of Rhodes

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Hellenistic author from Rhodes

For others of this name, see [Callixenus](/source/Callixenus).

**Callixenus of Rhodes** ([Ancient Greek](/source/Ancient_Greek_language): Καλλίξενος or Καλλίξεινος ὁ Ῥόδιος) was a [Hellenistic](/source/Hellenistic) author from [Rhodes](/source/Rhodes). He was a contemporary of [Ptolemy II Philadelphus](/source/Ptolemy_II_Philadelphus), [Ptolemy III Euergetes](/source/Ptolemy_III_Euergetes) and [Ptolemy IV Philopator](/source/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](/source/Athenaeus)[1] It contained the main account of the *[Tessarakonteres](/source/Tessarakonteres)*.

- An untitled catalogue of [painters](/source/Painting) and [sculptors](/source/Sculptor) (*Zografon te kai andriantopoion anagrafe*), of which [Sopater](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sopater_(poet)&action=edit&redlink=1), in the twelfth book of his *Eclogae* had made an abridgement.[2]

## Sources

Authority control databases International ISNI VIAF 2 3 GND FAST WorldCat National United States Netherlands Israel People Deutsche Biographie Other IdRef Yale LUX

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Athenaeus v. p. 196, &c., ix. p. 387, xi. pp. 472, 474, 483; Harpocrat. s. v. eggythike.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-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)"](https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/brill-s-new-jacoby/kallixeinos-of-rhodes-627-a627). In Ian Worthington (ed.). *Brill's New Jacoby*. Brill Online.

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