X-Nico

2 unusual facts about Callixenus


Callixenus

Callixenus of Rhodes, Hellenistic historian, main source for the Tessarakonteres

Theramenes

At first, it appeared that they might be treated leniently, but in the end, public displays of bereavement by the families of the deceased and aggressive prosecution by a politician named Callixenus swung the opinion of the assembly; the six generals were tried as a group and executed.



see also