During the campaign, Callisthenes' main duty was to write the Deeds of Alexander, but he was also sent on scientific missions. The two men may have met as members of the circle around the Macedonian philosopher Aristotle of Stagira, who was an uncle of the historian and the teacher of the future king. In Alexander's company was a professional historian named Callisthenes of Olynthus (c.370-327), who had already published a Greek history of the years 387-356. Overview Official propaganda: Callisthenes Aristotle
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