Ctesias' 'History of Persia': Tales of the Orient (Routledge Classical Translations)
by Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones, James Robson
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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 show more fascinated by Persia and seems very much to cater to contemporary interest in Persian wealt show lessTags
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Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones is Professor of Ancient History at Cardiff University.
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James Robson is Senior Lecturer in Classical Studies at the Open University, and the author of Humour, Obscenity and Aristophanes (2006).
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- 935.05 — History & geography History of ancient world (to ca. 499) Mesopotamia to 637 and Iranian Plateau to 637
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