Note 836 — Chapter II
E. J. (Edward James) Chinnock translation
Plutarch (Alex., 65) says this philosopher’s name was Sphines; but the Greeks called him Calanus, because when he met them, instead of using the word χαῖρε greeting them, he said καλέ. The same author says that he was persuaded to come to Alexander by Taxiles. See also Strabo (xv. 1).