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Ctesias' Persica and its Near Eastern Context by Matthew William Waters is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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The <i>Persica</i> 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 <i>Persica</i> influenced the development of both historiographic and literary traditions in Greece. It also, contends Matt Waters, is an essential but often misunderstood source for the history of the Achaemenid Persian Empire.<br> Waters, as a historian of Persia with command of Akka
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- Author
- Matthew William Waters
- Publisher
- The University of Wisconsin Press
- Published
- 2017
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780299310943
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, Poetry, Literary Fiction
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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