KnowraCtesiasLinked fromLinked fromThe 17 pages that link to Ctesias, each with the reason it gives.All 17Related 13Compared with 4Achaemenid EmpireRelated: His lost Persica offers a court-connected perspective preserved through later authors.HerodotusCompared with: His later Persian narrative offers a contrasting Greek account of the empire Herodotus describes.Diodorus SiculusRelated: Diodorus drew on Ctesias for parts of his account of eastern peoples.Xerxes ICompared with: His later account provides a contrasting ancient tradition about Xerxes and the Persian court.Cyrus the YoungerRelated: His court perspective offers a partial counterpart to Xenophon’s Greek campaign narrative.Cambyses IIRelated: His version of Cambyses’s life differed from Herodotus’s and survives only through later quotations.HistoriesCompared with: His competing Persian history provides an ancient counterpoint to Herodotus’s version.AstyagesRelated: His lost Persica offered a version of Median history that differs from Herodotus.Hanging Gardens of BabylonRelated: His writings shaped Greek knowledge of eastern royal courts and gardens.Psamtik IIIRelated: His lost Persian history complicates comparisons among ancient accounts of Cambyses.Artaxerxes IRelated: His account preserves a dramatic, though debated, narrative of Artaxerxes’ accession.Battle of CunaxaRelated: His account offers a Persian-court perspective on the battle, distinct from Xenophon’s.DeiocesRelated: His divergent account of early Median rulers illustrates the uncertainty surrounding Deioces’s story.CyropaediaCompared with: His Persian narrative tradition offers another ancient account against which Xenophon’s version can be read.A True StoryRelated: Lucian names Ctesias among writers whose reports of distant wonders invite skepticism.Scylax of CaryandaRelated: His accounts show how Greek authors represented distant regions within Persian imperial settings.TomyrisRelated: His account of Cyrus’s death differed from Herodotus’s version.
KnowraCtesiasLinked fromLinked fromThe 17 pages that link to Ctesias, each with the reason it gives.All 17Related 13Compared with 4Achaemenid EmpireRelated: His lost Persica offers a court-connected perspective preserved through later authors.HerodotusCompared with: His later Persian narrative offers a contrasting Greek account of the empire Herodotus describes.Diodorus SiculusRelated: Diodorus drew on Ctesias for parts of his account of eastern peoples.Xerxes ICompared with: His later account provides a contrasting ancient tradition about Xerxes and the Persian court.Cyrus the YoungerRelated: His court perspective offers a partial counterpart to Xenophon’s Greek campaign narrative.Cambyses IIRelated: His version of Cambyses’s life differed from Herodotus’s and survives only through later quotations.HistoriesCompared with: His competing Persian history provides an ancient counterpoint to Herodotus’s version.AstyagesRelated: His lost Persica offered a version of Median history that differs from Herodotus.Hanging Gardens of BabylonRelated: His writings shaped Greek knowledge of eastern royal courts and gardens.Psamtik IIIRelated: His lost Persian history complicates comparisons among ancient accounts of Cambyses.Artaxerxes IRelated: His account preserves a dramatic, though debated, narrative of Artaxerxes’ accession.Battle of CunaxaRelated: His account offers a Persian-court perspective on the battle, distinct from Xenophon’s.DeiocesRelated: His divergent account of early Median rulers illustrates the uncertainty surrounding Deioces’s story.CyropaediaCompared with: His Persian narrative tradition offers another ancient account against which Xenophon’s version can be read.A True StoryRelated: Lucian names Ctesias among writers whose reports of distant wonders invite skepticism.Scylax of CaryandaRelated: His accounts show how Greek authors represented distant regions within Persian imperial settings.TomyrisRelated: His account of Cyrus’s death differed from Herodotus’s version.