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'Ctesias of Cnidus' (in Caria) (Greek ), was a Greek physician and historian, who flourished in the 4th century BC.
In early life he was physician to Artaxerxes Mnemon, whom he accompanied in 401 BC on his expedition against his brother Cyrus the Younger.
Ctesias was the author of treatises on rivers, and on the Persian revenues, of an account of India (which is of value as recording the beliefs of the Persians about India), and of a history of Assyria and Persia in 23 books, called ''Persica'', written in opposition to Herodotus in the Ionic dialect, and professedly founded on the Persian royal archives.
The first six books treated of the history of Assyria and Babylon to the foundation of the Persian empire; the remaining seventeen went down to the year 398 BC. Of the two histories we possess abridgments by Photius, and fragments are preserved in Athenaeus, Plutarch and especially Diodorus Siculus, whose second book is mainly from Ctesias. As to the worth of the ''Persica'' there has been much controversy, both in ancient and modern times. Although many ancient authorities valued it highly, and used it to discredit Herodotus, many people consider Ctesias's account of little historical value. People argue that this is due to the fact that Ctesias's account of the Assyrian kings does not reconcile with the cuneiform evidence. The satirist Lucian thought so little of Ctesias' historical reliability that in his satirical A True Story he places Ctesias on the island where the evil were punished. Lucian wrote that "The people who suffered the greatest torment were those who had told lies when they were alive and written mendacious histories; among them were Ctesias of Cnidus, Herodotus, and many others." ''A True Story'', 2.31.
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★ Ed., trad. et commentaire par Dominique Lenfant, ''Ctésias de Cnide. La Perse. L'Inde. Autres fragments'', Collection Budé, Belles Lettres, Paris, 2004 (ISBN : 2-251-00518-8).
★ Livius, Ctesias of Cnidus Overview of all fragments of the ''Persica'' and ''Indica'' by Jona Lendering
★ Photius' epitome of ''Persica'' translated by J. H. Freese (1920)
★ Photius' epitome of ''Indica'' translated by J.H. Freese (1920)
★ Another translation of Persica [1] [2]
'Ctesias of Cnidus' (in Caria) (Greek ), was a Greek physician and historian, who flourished in the 4th century BC.
In early life he was physician to Artaxerxes Mnemon, whom he accompanied in 401 BC on his expedition against his brother Cyrus the Younger.
Ctesias was the author of treatises on rivers, and on the Persian revenues, of an account of India (which is of value as recording the beliefs of the Persians about India), and of a history of Assyria and Persia in 23 books, called ''Persica'', written in opposition to Herodotus in the Ionic dialect, and professedly founded on the Persian royal archives.
The first six books treated of the history of Assyria and Babylon to the foundation of the Persian empire; the remaining seventeen went down to the year 398 BC. Of the two histories we possess abridgments by Photius, and fragments are preserved in Athenaeus, Plutarch and especially Diodorus Siculus, whose second book is mainly from Ctesias. As to the worth of the ''Persica'' there has been much controversy, both in ancient and modern times. Although many ancient authorities valued it highly, and used it to discredit Herodotus, many people consider Ctesias's account of little historical value. People argue that this is due to the fact that Ctesias's account of the Assyrian kings does not reconcile with the cuneiform evidence. The satirist Lucian thought so little of Ctesias' historical reliability that in his satirical A True Story he places Ctesias on the island where the evil were punished. Lucian wrote that "The people who suffered the greatest torment were those who had told lies when they were alive and written mendacious histories; among them were Ctesias of Cnidus, Herodotus, and many others." ''A True Story'', 2.31.
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References
★
★ Ed., trad. et commentaire par Dominique Lenfant, ''Ctésias de Cnide. La Perse. L'Inde. Autres fragments'', Collection Budé, Belles Lettres, Paris, 2004 (ISBN : 2-251-00518-8).
External links
★ Livius, Ctesias of Cnidus Overview of all fragments of the ''Persica'' and ''Indica'' by Jona Lendering
★ Photius' epitome of ''Persica'' translated by J. H. Freese (1920)
★ Photius' epitome of ''Indica'' translated by J.H. Freese (1920)
★ Another translation of Persica [1] [2]
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