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Headword:
Κάλλιππος
Adler number: kappa,237
Translated headword: Kallippos, Callippus
Vetting Status: low
Translation: Athenian, philosopher, pupil of
Plato; he was killed in Syracuse after an attempt to become tyrant.[1] In the stories about him in
Plutarch he is a wicked man, and a betrayer of
Dion of Syracuse.[2]
Κάλλιππος, Ἀθηναῖος, φιλόσοφος, Πλάτωνος μαθητής: ὃς ἐν Συρακούσαις ἀνῃρέθη τυραννεῖν ἐπιχειρήσας: πονηρὸς οὗτος ἱστόρηται παρὰ τῷ Πλουτάρχῳ, καὶ Δίωνος τοῦ Συρακουσίου προδότης.
Notes:
C4 BCE.
[1] Cf.
Athenaeus 508E-F.
[2] See
Plutarch,
Dion 17, 28, and esp. 54-58;
Timoleon 11;
Comparison of Timoleon and Aemilius 2.
Translated by: David Whitehead on 4 December 2001@02:54:59.
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