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κ214ΚαλλίαςKallias, CalliasThe one given the nickname 'Pit-wealthy'; serving as general against Artaxerxes he secured the boundaries of the treaties [made] under Kimon. Launching an invasion in his time, the Lakedaimonians, with Pleistoanax the son of …Matched in headwordhighmedium
κ215Καλλίας πτερορρυεῖKallias is moultingKallias is a butt of comedy for having lost all his money. For, as [someone] well-bred, he is being plucked by blackmail/sykophancy. The females are plucking out his feathers. For he became a poor …Matched in headwordhighmedium

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Kallias, Callias

The one given the nickname 'Pit-wealthy'; serving as general against Artaxerxes he secured the boundaries of the treaties [made] under Kimon. Launching an invasion in his time, the Lakedaimonians, with Pleistoanax the…

Καλλίας, ὁ Λακκόπλουτος ἐπικληθείς, στρατηγῶν πρὸς Ἀρταξέρξην τοὺς ἐπὶ Κίμωνος τῶν σπονδῶν ἐβεβαίωσεν ὅρους· καθ' ὃν εἰσβαλόντες Λακεδαιμόνιοι, Πλειστοάνακτος τοῦ Παυσανίου…