Callippus

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[kuh-lip-uhs] / kəˈlɪp əs /

Or Calippus,

noun

1. flourished 4th century b.c., Greek astronomer.

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Callippus

Callippus did as they required, and forswore the fact.

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

Similarly in astronomy, Aristotle used the assistance of Eudoxus and Callippus.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various

And numerous historians tell us of the wicked and perfidious acts committed by Pharax the Spartan, and Callippus the Athenian, with the view of making themselves kings of Sicily.

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

At the same time, he must have learnt much from other contemporaries at Athens, especially from astronomers such as Eudoxus and Callippus, and from orators such as Isocrates and Demosthenes.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various

Callippus contrived to retain the sovereign power only a twelvemonth.

From A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest by Smith, William, Sir