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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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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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

But yet afterwards, in a letter to Antipater, he accuses Callisthenes.

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

Yet memory by chance errs In these ecstatic dancers— Oh, did he edit Answers, Or write "Callisthenes"?

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, April 16, 1919 by Various

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