Xenophon's Hellenica

Callibius

First appears: Book 2, section 3, part 1/4

At Athens, a Lacedaemonian bodyguard was sent with Callibius as governor.

Later, at Tegea, Callibius and Proxenus of Tegea belonged to a political party that sought to unite Arcadia in a confederacy. In the factional battle, Proxenus of Tegea and others were killed, while Stasippus’s party prevailed. After Stasippus and his party took refuge in Artemis’s temple, they were captured and executed.

Relationship record

Life events

  • A Lacedaemonian bodyguard was sent to Athens with Callibius as governor.(Book 2, section 3, part 1/4 · 📍 Athens)
    • “A bodyguard, with Callibius as governor, was sent.”
  • A battle between the political factions left Proxenus and others dead, while Stasippus's party prevailed.(Book 6, section 5, part 1/4 · 📍 Tegea)
    • With: Proxenus of Tegea Stasippus
    • “The result was a collision and battle, in which Proxenus and some few others with him were slain and the rest put to flight”
  • Stasippus's opponents captured and executed him and his party after they took refuge in Artemis's temple.(Book 6, section 5, part 1/4 · 📍 Tegea)
    • With: Stasippus
    • “Here with the Mantineans they sentenced and put them to death.”

Book 2, section 3, part 1/4

  • with Lysander (Callibius was governor of the bodyguard sent to Athens.) “A bodyguard, with Callibius as governor, was sent.”
  • with Lysander (Callibius was appointed governor of the bodyguard sent to Athens.) “A bodyguard, with Callibius as governor, was sent.”

Book 6, section 5, part 1/4

  • with Proxenus of Tegea (Political allies in the same party.) “The one was the party of Callibius and Proxenus, who were for drawing together the whole Arcadian population in a confederacy, in which all measures carried in the common assembly should be held valid for the individual component states.”
  • enemies with Stasippus (They belonged to opposing Tegean political parties.) “The result was a collision and battle, in which Proxenus and some few others with him were slain and the rest put to flight; though the conquerors did not pursue, for Stasippus was a man who did not care to stain his hands with the blood of his fellow-citizens.”

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