Calippus
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Calippus may refer to:
- Calippus of SyracuseCalippus of SyracuseCallippus was a tyrant of Syracuse who ruled briefly for thirteen months from 354 to 352 BC. He was a native Athenian, who traveled with Dion to Sicily to capture Syracuse, where Dion became the tyrant. Calippus then gained power by assassinating Dion, but ruled briefly before being ousted...
, a student of Plato and Syracusean tyrant. - CallippusCallippusCallippus or Calippus was a Greek astronomer and mathematician.Callippus was born at Cyzicus, and studied under Eudoxus of Cnidus at the Academy of Plato. He also worked with Aristotle at the Lyceum, which means that he was active in Athens prior to Aristotle's death in 322...
, a Greek astronomer and mathematician. - Calippus (crater)Calippus (crater)Calippus is a small lunar crater that is located on the eastern edge of the rugged Montes Caucasus mountain range in the northern part of the Moon...
, a small lunar crater. - Calippus, an extinct relation of the modern horse.