Towards the end of the fifth century BC Ctesias of Cnidus wrote his 23 book History of Persia. Ctesias is a remarkable figure: he lived and worked in the Persian court and, as a doctor, tended to the world’s most powerful kings and queens. His position gave him special insight into the workings of Persian court life and access to the gossip and scandal surrounding Persian history and court politics, past and present. His History of Persia was completed at a time when the Greeks were fascinated by Persia and seems very much to cater to contemporary interest in Persian wealth and opulence, powerful Persian women, the institution of the harem, kings and queens, eunuchs and secret plots.  Presented here in English translation for the first time with commentaries, Ctesias offers a fascinating insight into Persia in the fifth century BC.

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Ctésias

Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

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Taylor & Francis DUMP LIST

Ancient India As Described by Ktêsias the Knidian, a Tr. of the Abridgement of His 'indika' by Phôtios, and of the Fragments of That Work Preserved in ... With Additions, From the 'indian Antiquary'

Asia

Franklin Classics

The Fragments Of The Persika Of Ktesias (1888)

Religion & Spirituality

Kessinger Publishing

The Fragments of the Persika of Ktesias (1888)

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Ctsias

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Operum Reliquiae: Fragmenta Collegit, Textum E Codd. Recognovit, Prolegomenis Et Perpetua Annotatione Instruxit Indicesque Adiecit Joannes Christianus Felix Baehr... (English and Russian Edition)

Russia

Histoire D'hérodote: Traduite Du Grec, Avec Des Remarques Historiques Et Critiques, Un Essai Sur La Chronologie D'hérodote, Et Une Table Géographique, Volume 4 (French Edition)

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Ancient India As Described by Ktêsias the Knidian, a Tr. of the Abridgement of His 'indika' by Phôtios, and of the Fragments of That Work Preserved in ... with Additions, from the 'indian Antiquary'.

Histoire D'hérodote: Traduite Du Grec, Avec Des Remarques Historiques Et Critiques, Un Essai Sur La Chronologie D'hérodote, Et Une Table Géographique, Volume 3 (French Edition)

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