Calanus
historical figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
Calanus the Indian
in the texts
Tusculan Disputations
An Indian ascetic, described as unlearned and barbarian, who willingly burned himself alive.
Calanus the Indian, unlearned and barbarian, born at the foot of the Caucasus, was of his own will burned alive;
The Rights of War and Peace
Indian sage whose suicide was criticized by fellow sages.
remarked the disapprobation, which the Indian sages expressed of the conduct of Calanus: