Callisthenes

American  

[kuh-lis-thuh-neez] / kəˈlɪs θəˌniz /

noun

1. c360–327 b.c., Greek philosopher: chronicled Alexander the Great's conquests.

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Example Sentences

The "Callisthenes" articles caught British fancy at once, have long been profitable for the store.

From Time Magazine Archive

Two months ago Selfridge's "Callisthenes" hopped the sea, made its debut as an advertisement in New York's Herald Tribune.

From Time Magazine Archive

Callisthenes says that Sardis was first taken by the Cimmerians, then by the Treres, and finally by Cyrus.

From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Duncker, Max

They now brought Callisthenes, the philosopher, who was the near friend of Aristotle, and Anaxarchus of Abdera, to him.

From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Clough, Arthur Hugh

The fact then remains that what the Government need is a friend, a trumpeter, a fugle-man, a pointer-out of merits, a signaller of This-way-to-the-virtues, in short, a Callisthenes.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, June 21st, 1916 by Various