Callias

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Athenian aristocrat fictional character symposium host

Callias is a wealthy Athenian aristocrat and host of the banquet in Xenophon’s *Symposium*, known for his role in the city’s intellectual and social life.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Callias canonical 4
Callias II of Athens 2
Callias (dialogue) 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Athenian aristocrat ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
symposium host ⓘ
appearsIn Xenophon’s Symposium ⓘ
associatedWith Athenian intellectual life ⓘ
Athenian social life ⓘ
authorOfWorkHeAppearsIn Xenophon ⓘ
citizenship Athens ⓘ
culturalContext Athenian symposium tradition ⓘ
dialogueParticipantsHeHosts Antisthenes ⓘ
Charmides ⓘ
Critobulus ⓘ
Hermogenes ⓘ
Niceratus ⓘ
Philip the jester ⓘ
Socrates ⓘ
Xenophon ⓘ
surface form: Xenophon (character)
fictionalUniverse Xenophon’s Socratic writings ⓘ
surface form: Xenophontic Socratic dialogues
gender male ⓘ
genreOfSource Socratic dialogue ⓘ
hostedEventType banquet ⓘ
drinking party ⓘ
knownFor hosting a banquet in Xenophon’s Symposium ⓘ
languageOfSource Ancient Greek ⓘ
literaryFunction framing character for the dialogue’s setting ⓘ
literaryWorkContext Συμπόσιον ⓘ
surface form: Symposium
mediumOfAppearance literature ⓘ
nameInGreek Καλλίας ⓘ
nationality Athenian ⓘ
notableTrait generosity as a host ⓘ
interest in intellectual conversation ⓘ
occupation patron of intellectuals ⓘ
philosophicalTraditionContext Socratic philosophy ⓘ
portrayedAs enthusiast for sophists and philosophers ⓘ
lavish host ⓘ
primarySourceTitle Συμπόσιον ⓘ
primarySourceTitleInEnglish Συμπόσιον ⓘ
surface form: Symposium
relatedWork Plato's dialogue "Protagoras" ⓘ
surface form: Plato’s Protagoras (different but similarly named Callias)
roleInWork host of a philosophical banquet ⓘ
settingOfActivity classical Athens ⓘ
socialClass aristocracy ⓘ
socialStatus wealthy ⓘ
themeOfWorkHeAppearsIn nature of love ⓘ
sympotic culture in Athens ⓘ
virtue and character ⓘ
timePeriod classical period of ancient Greece ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Xenophon’s Symposium → featuresCharacter → Callias ⓘ
Xenophon's Memorabilia → hasCharacter → Callias ⓘ
Peace of Callias (traditional attribution) → hasTraditionalAttribution → Callias ⓘ
subject surface form: Peace of Callias
this entity surface form: Callias II of Athens
Peace of Callias (traditional attribution) → allegedlyNegotiatedBy → Callias ⓘ
subject surface form: Peace of Callias
this entity surface form: Callias II of Athens
Aeschines of Sphettus → work → Callias ⓘ
this entity surface form: Callias (dialogue)
Aeschines of Sphettus → notableCharacterInWorks → Callias ⓘ
Plato's dialogue "Protagoras" → featuresCharacter → Callias ⓘ
subject surface form: Protagoras (dialogue)