HISTORIAN

Callisthenes

360 BC - 327 BC

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Callisthenes of Olynthus (/kəˈlɪsθəˌniːz/; Greek: Καλλισθένης; c. 360 – c. 327 BCE) was a Greek historian in Macedon with connections to both Aristotle and Alexander the Great. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Callisthenes has received more than 201,650 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Callisthenes is the 57th most popular historian (down from 50th in 2019), the 169th most popular biography from Greece (down from 164th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Greek Historian.

Callisthenes is most famous for being the historian who accompanied Alexander the Great on his conquests.

Memorability Metrics

  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Callisthenes ranks 57 out of 561. Before him are Joseph Justus Scaliger, Socrates of Constantinople, Jared Diamond, Johann Gustav Droysen, Marcus Velleius Paterculus, and Geoffrey of Villehardouin. After him are Tzvetan Todorov, John Skylitzes, Francesco Guicciardini, Libanius, Theophylact Simocatta, and Poggio Bracciolini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 360 BC, Callisthenes ranks 1. After him are Aristoxenus, Arses of Persia, Autolycus of Pitane, Onesicritus, and Dionysius of Heraclea. Among people deceased in 327 BC, Callisthenes ranks 1. 

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Callisthenes ranks 169 out of 1,024. Before him are Spyridon Louis (1873), Craterus (-370), Nicias (-500), Antigonus II Gonatas (-319), Gorgo, Queen of Sparta (-506), and Thaïs (-400). After him are Hippocrates of Chios (-470), Pleistarchus (-500), Meton of Athens (-500), Periander (-700), Agathias (536), and Longus (110).

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Among HISTORIANS In Greece

Among historians born in Greece, Callisthenes ranks 5. Before him are Thucydides (-460), Xenophon (-430), Polybius (-208), and Quintus Curtius Rufus (41). After him are Theopompus (-400), Afet İnan (1908), Michael Glykas (1125), Philochorus (-340), Krste Misirkov (1874), Marsyas of Pella (-400), and Helene Ahrweiler (1926).

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