person
Callippides
also: Kallippides
A celebrated Athenian tragic actor, proverbial for furious motion without progress (he 'ran without advancing a cubit'); Cicero applies the proverb ruefully to himself (Att. 13.12).
Reading notes
- Ad Atticum 13.12 §3 our friend Callippides
Callippides, a proverbial figure (originally an actor mocked by a Spartan king) for someone who is forever bustling but gets nowhere. Cicero applies the byword to Varro, who keeps promising a dedication but never delivers.