Ctesias' Persica and its Near Eastern context /
The Persica is an extensive history of Assyria and Persia written by the Greek historian Ctesias, who served as a doctor to the Persian king Artaxerxes II around 400 BCE. Written for a Greek readership, the Persica influenced the development of both historiographic and literary traditions in Greece....
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| Language: | English |
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Madison :
University of Wisconsin Press,
[2017].
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| Series: | Wisconsin studies in classics.
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Table of Contents:
- The eunuch in-between
- Semiramis, queen of battle
- A different kind of education for Cyrus
- The inverted hero's many faces.