Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- Callimachus 1 Fifth century B.C. Greek sculptor who reputedly designed the Corinthian column.
- Callimachus 2 Third century B.C. Greek poet and scholar whose extant works include 64 epigrams and a catalog of the library at Alexandria.
Examples
“Tonight my life had been saved by a dissolute fellow, a man called Callimachus, perhaps from Port Cos, farther west on the river, a derelict.”
Rogue Of Gor
“I fear there is little time, " called Callimachus from the rail of the Tina.”
Guardsman Of Gor
“+ In "Callimachus" the violence of passion is carried to a threatened profanation of the dead which however is miraculously averted.”
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability
“Callimachus, " he said, "His name is Callimachus, of Port Cos.”
Rogue Of Gor
“As a species, we delight in making lists, which is what drove Herodotus in the fifth century B.C. and Callimachus of Cyrene a century later to enumerate the seven wonders in the first place.”
“The note continued: With these, the Greek sculptor Callimaque (Callimachus) decorated the Corinthian columns in the”
“It was Miltiades who swayed the Athenian commander-in-chief, Callimachus, to wage battle, and it was Miltiades who had his reputation enhanced the most by the events of Marathon.”
The Huffington Post: Asher Smith: 2,500 Years Later, Political Lessons From Marathon
“Perhaps Callimachus, the acting polemarch, would have had a different story to tell -- but he died in the fighting, leaving Miltiades to shape post-battle narrative.”
The Huffington Post: Asher Smith: 2,500 Years Later, Political Lessons From Marathon
“The amount of literary and archaeological evidence attests to the belief in the evil eye in the eastern Mediterranean for more than a millennium starting with Hesiod, Callimachus, Plato, Diodorus Siculus, Theocritus, Plutarch, Heliodorus, Pliny the Elder, and Aulus Gellius.”
“I wish Callimachus hung around here: he could verify that since we were co-workers during that period.”
Pajamas Media taps Joe the Plumber to serve as a war correspondent in Israel.
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fbharjo designer of the Corinthian column Mar 24, 2010