Callicrates of Samos

Callicrates of Samos
Native name
Καλλικράτης
AllegiancePtolemaic Kingdom
Years of service270–250 BC
RankAdmiral
UnitAegean Fleet
Battles/warsSecond Syrian War

Callicrates or Kallikrates (Greek: Καλλικράτης), was a fleet commander (nauarchos) of the Ptolemaic navy, who served under Ptolemy II Philadelphus during the Second Syrian War from 270 to 250 BC.[1]

  1. ^ Canevaro, Mirko; Gray, Benjamin David (2018). The Hellenistic Reception of Classical Athenian Democracy and Political Thought. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. p. 31. ISBN 9780198748472.