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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Waters, Matthew W. (Matthew William) (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, [2017].
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.