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Calippus

Callippus may refer to: * Callippus of Syracuse (died 352/51 BC), an Athenian student of Plato and tyrant of Syracuse * Callippus (Calippus of Cyzicus, c. 370–300 BC), a Greek astronomer and mathematician * Callippus of Athens (fl. 279 BC), an Athenian commander in the Battle of Thermopylae (279 BC) * Calippus (crater), a small lunar crater * Calippus (mammal), an extinct relative of the modern horse

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Callippus may refer to: * Callippus of Syracuse (died 352/51 BC), an Athenian student of Plato and tyrant of Syracuse * Callippus (Calippus of Cyzicus, c. 370–300 BC), a Greek astronomer and mathematician * Callippus of Athens (fl. 279 BC), an Athenian commander in the Battle of Thermopylae (279 BC) * Calippus (crater), a small lunar crater * Calippus (mammal), an extinct relative of the modern horse

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