Callistus
Κάλλιστος
(Κάλλιστος).
1. A contemporary of the emperor Julian, who accompanied his sovereign on his expeditions, and afterwards celebrated his exploits in an epic poem, from which a statement is quoted by Nicephorus. (Hist. Eccles. 6.34.)
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