Life Callippus of Corinth (Κάλλιππος ὁ Κορίνθιος) was a Greek historian of the 2nd century CE. He is known solely from a single citation by the later author Athenaeus of Naucratis in the Deipnosophistae [1]. His epithet indicates Corinth as his city of origin. No further biographical details survive.

Works His only attested work is On the Festival of the Panathenaia in Athens (περὶ τῆς Ἀθήνησι Παναθηναϊκῆς ἑορτῆς). Athenaeus cites its second book for information on the Athenian Panathenaia festival [1]. The work, now lost, was likely a local history or antiquarian treatise focused on the festival's customs.

Significance Callippus exemplifies the many fragmentary Greek historians of the Roman Imperial period whose work persisted in later compilations. His citation shows his writing served as a source for Athenian religious antiquities. He represents the continued production of Greek local history and scholarship under Roman rule.

Sources 1. Perseus Digital Library: Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae, 4.167e. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.167e 2. ToposText: Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 4.167e. https://topostext.org/work/529#4.167e