Cal·lístrat

This name derives from the Ancient Greek "Kallístratos ‎(Καλλίστρατος)," composed of two elements: "kalós ‎(καλός)" (beautiful, lovely, virtuous, noble) plus "stratós ‎(στρᾰτός)" (army, military force). In turn, the name means "beautiful army, beauty-army." 1) Callistratus was an Alexandrian grammarian, flourished at the beginning of the 2n-century BC. 2) Callistratus was a Greek sophist and rhetorician. He wrote Ekphraseis (Statuarum descriptiones), descriptions of fourteen works of art in stone or brass by distinguished artists. 3) Callistratus was a Roman jurist, who, as appears from passages in Justinian's Digest, wrote at least as late as the reign (198–211 AD) of Septimius Severus and Caracalla.