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Ctesias (/ ˈ t iː ʒ ə s /; Greek: Κτησίᾱς; fl. fifth century BC), also known as Ctesias of Cnidus, was a Greek physician and historian from the town of Cnidus in Caria, then part of the Achaemenid Empire.
Ctesias was a Greek physician and historian of Persia and India whose works were popular and influential in antiquity. In 405 bc Ctesias traveled to the Persian court, where he remained as physician under the rulers Darius II and Artaxerxes II. He claimed to have treated Artaxerxes for wounds.
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.
Ctesias was a Greek physician who served at the court of Artaxerxes II in Persia and wrote a history of Persia and other works. His Persica is a fragmentary and controversial source for Persian history, but it reflects Persian perspectives and traditions.
Nov 2, 2011 · Ctesias was a Cnidian doctor who served as a personal physician to Artaxerxes II Mnemon in Persia. He wrote a history of the Middle East from Assyria to his own time, Persiká, which is mostly lost, but some fragments survive.
Outline of the work. Books 1-3: Assyrian history. The books described the reign of the legendary king Ninus who founded the Assyrian empire and the city of Nineveh, and conquered large parts of western Asia; the reign of the legendary Queen Semiramis and her invasion of India; the reigns of Ninyas and of Sardanapalus and the end of the Assyrian ...
Ctesias was a Greek physician who served as a courtier of the Persian king Artaxerxes II. He wrote several books about Persia and India, but they are now lost and their historical value is low.
