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κ231ΚαλλίνικοςKallinikos, CallinicusThird century AD. See RE Kallinikos(1),(4); PIR2 C229; PLRE Callinicus(1); FGrH 281. Cf. gamma 132, kappa 158; usually distinguished on chronological grounds from the Callinicus mentioned in iota 435. [1] Jacoby regards this title …Matched in noteshighshort
ι435ἸουλιανόςJulian, Julianus, Iulianus, Iulianos… in Cappadocia. Sophist. He was a contemporary of the sophist Callinicus; he lived under the emperor Constantine.Matched in translationhighshort
γ132ΓενέθλιοςGenethlius, Genethlios… teacher in Athens he was a rival of the famous Callinicus; he was naturally adept, and could memorise a complete declamation at single hearing. He died young, aged 28. He wrote Talks (i.e. informal …

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Kallinikos, Callinicus

Son of Gaius; he was also nicknamed Suetorius. Sophist; of Syria or (some say) Arabia - in fact, of Petra. He was sophist in Athens. He wrote To Lupus, On Bad Taste in Rhetoric; Prosphonetikon to Gallienus; To…

Καλλίνικος, Γαΐου, ὁ καὶ Σουητώριος ἐπικληθείς, σοφιστής· Σύρος, ὡς δέ τινες Ἀράβιος, τὸ δὲ ἀληθὲς Πετραῖος· σοφιστεύσας ἐν Ἀθήναις. ἔγραψε πρὸς Λοῦπον Περὶ κακοζηλίας ῥητορικῆς,…

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κ158Κακοζηλίαbad tasteCallinicus of Syria wrote on bad taste in rhetoric.Matched in translationhighshort

α287Ἀγνῶταςunknown… Romans under Belisarius (cf. beta 233) at the Battle of Callinicum (Nikephorion, Leontopolis; modern-day Raqqa, Syria; cf. nu 388), April 531 CE; cf. Kaldellis (48) and related entries epsilon 1422 and epsilon 2151. [4] …Matched in noteshighshort

α1264Ἀλιφῆναιto anoint with oil… Ambrosian Lexicon. Otherwise the headword a)lifh=nai is only extant in Callinicus' biography of St Hypatius. cf. generally alpha 1165, alpha 1166, etc.Matched in noteshighshort

ε1422Ἐν παραβύστῳin a corner, in a closet… PLRE IIIa s.v.) and the Persian army at Kallinikon (Nikephorion, Callinicum, Leontopolis; cf. nu 388); cf. Kaldellis (Wars of Justinian, 47). For further context, see alpha 287 and epsilon 2151.Matched in noteshighshort

ε2151Ἐπεί οἱsince for him… cf. Kaldellis (46) and further background on the Battle of Callinicum (cf. nu 388) at alpha 287 and epsilon 1422.Matched in noteshighshort

ε2366Ἐπὶ κεφαλαίουin summary… their rout of the Roman forces at the Battle of Callinicus (a hill near the Roman encampment (cf. Livy 42.58, web address 2) at Tripolis Larisaia, Barrington Atlas map 55 grid D1; about 10km …Matched in noteshighshort