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

According to historian Callisthenes, they were saved by a rainstorm and led to the Temple of the Oracle by two crows. 

From Scientific American

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 Project Gutenberg

They should take a lesson from the self-sacrificing zeal of that other Callisthenes who serves a certain London emporium so faithfully, awaking every morning to a new and rapturous vision of its excellence, which nothing can stop the discoverer at once putting into words for the evening papers.

From Project Gutenberg

There could be if the Government would appoint a Callisthenes of their own and set the eager pen similarly to work.

From Project Gutenberg

Had the Cabinet such a watchful and industrious exponent and commender as Callisthenes, never wearying, except possibly on Sunday, its success would be certain.

From Project Gutenberg