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Ctesias logo #21000 Ctesias (s; Κτησίας, Ktēsías), also known as Ctesias the Cnidian or Ctesias of Cnidus, was a Greek physician and historian from the town of Cnidus in Caria. Ctesias, who lived in the 5th century BC, was physician to Artaxerxes Mnemon, whom he accompanied in 401 BC on his expedition against his brother Cyrus the Younger. Ctesias was the au...
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Ctesias logo #21000[beetle] Ctesias is a genus of beetle native to the Palearctic, including Europe. It contains the following species: ...
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Ctesias logo #21003Greek physician and historian of Persia and India whose works were the only historical writings of his time based on official Persian sources. ... [2 related articles]
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Ctesias logo #21217Ctesias was a Greek historian of about 400 BC. He was contemporary with Xenophon and partly with Herodotus. He was a physician, and lived for seventeen years at the court of Persia. He wrote a History of Persia, of which little remains.
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