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Ctesias

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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Greek physician and historian of Persia; was present with Artaxerxes Mnemon at the battle of Cunaxa, 401 B.C., and stayed afterwards at the Persian court, where he got the materials for his history, of which only a few fragments are extant.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Ctesias'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​c/ctesias.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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