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Callixenus or Kallixenus or Kallixenos may refer to:
  • Kallixenos, nephew of Cleisthenes
    Cleisthenes
    Cleisthenes was a noble Athenian of the Alcmaeonid family. He is credited with reforming the constitution of ancient Athens and setting it on a democratic footing in 508/7 BC...

     and head of the Alcmaeonids
    Alcmaeonidae
    The Alcmaeonidae or Alcmaeonids were a powerful noble family of ancient Athens, a branch of the Neleides who claimed descent from the mythological Alcmaeon, the great-grandson of Nestor....

    , ostracised 485 BC
  • Callixenus, Athenian politician who aggressively prosecuted those held to be to blame for the disaster at the Battle of Arginusae
    Battle of Arginusae
    The naval Battle of Arginusae took place in 406 BC during the Peloponnesian War near the Arginusae islands east of the island of Lesbos. In the battle, an Athenian fleet commanded by eight strategoi defeated a Spartan fleet under Callicratidas...

     in 406 BC
  • Callixenus of Rhodes
    Callixenus of Rhodes
    Callixenus of Rhodes was a Hellenistic author from Rhodes. He was a contemporary of Ptolemy II Philadelphus. He wrote two works, both of which are lost.-"Peri Alexandreias":...

    , Hellenistic historian, main source for the Tessarakonteres