Callixenus of Rhodes

Callixenus of Rhodes (Καλλίξενος or Καλλίξεινος ὁ Ῥόδιος) was a Hellenistic author from Rhodes. He was a contemporary of Ptolemy II Philadelphus, Ptolemy III Euergetes and Ptolemy IV Philopator. He wrote two works, both of which are lost.

Works

 * Peri Alexandreias - A work consisting of four books, and referenced much by Athenaeus It contained the main account of the Tessarakonteres.
 * An untitled catalogue of painters and sculptors (Zografon te kai andriantopoion anagrafe), of which Sopater, in the twelfth book of his Eclogae had made an abridgement.