Editing Callisthenes (section)

=== Pseudo-Callisthenes ===
Additionally, many works have been ascribed to Callisthenes mistakenly, resulting in their authorship commonly known as Pseudo-Callisthenes. One of the more well-known examples is the [[Alexander Romance]], the basis of all the Alexander legends of the [[Middle Ages]]. It originated during the time of the [[Ptolemaic dynasty|Ptolemies]], but in its present form belongs to the 3rd century CE. The Latin translation for the text is usually attributed to [[Julius Valerius Alexander Polemius]] (early 4th century). The work has also been said to be authored by several other people beyond Callisthenes, including; [[Aesopus (historian)|Aesopus]], [[Aristotle]], [[Antisthenes of Rhodes|Antisthenes]], [[Onesicritus]], and [[Arrian]]. There are also Syrian, Armenian, and Slavonic versions, in addition to four [[Greek language|Greek]] versions (two in prose and two in verse) in the Middle Ages (see [[Karl Krumbacher|Krumbacher]], ''Geschichte der byzantinischen Literatur'', 1897, p.&nbsp;849).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Von Christ |first=Whilhelm |title=Geschichte der griechischen Litteratur |year=1898 |pages=849}}</ref> [[Julius Valerius Alexander Polemius|Valerius]]'s translation was completely superseded by that of [[Leo of Naples|Leo, archpriest of Naples]] in the 10th century, the so-called ''Historia de Preliis''.<ref name=":1" />

In addition to the ''Alexander Romance'', Pseudo-Callisthenes is also credited with several other works. Including; a work titled ''Metamorphoses'', a work on Macedonian history, a ''History of Thrace'', and treatise on the subject of hunting.<ref name=":4" /> There has also been a collection of letters, written in Greek originally attributed to Callisthenes, yet later disputed as the dates of the letters range far beyond the time period that Callisthenes was alive. Many of these were originally attributed to Callisthenes due to their assumed time period aligning with Callisthenes’s active years as an author, as well as their subject matter being on topics Callisthenes was known to have written about. As of now, there are no intact copies of Callisthenes’s works known to have survived.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Foundation |first=Encyclopaedia Iranica |title=Encyclopaedia Iranica. Callisthenes |url=https://iranicaonline.org/articles/callisthenes-the-name-of-a-greek-historian-of-the-period-of-alexander-the-great-q |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=iranicaonline.org |language=en-US}}</ref>