Ctesias
Ctesias (tē´shēəs, tē´sēəs), fl. 400 BC, Greek historian and physician of Cnidus. He lived many years in the Persian court. He tended Artaxerxes II when he was wounded in the battle of Cunaxa (401 BC). In 398 he was sent by the Persians as envoy to Evagoras and Conon. Of Ctesias' histories only Photius' abridgments of Persica and Indica remain; in them Ctesias hoped to show Herodotus' unreliability.
More From encyclopedia.com
Hector , Hector
Nationality/Culture
Greek/Roman
Pronunciation
HEK-tur
Alternate Names
Appears In
Homer's Iliad, Hyginus's Fabulae, other tales of the Trojan W… Greek Americans , ETHNONYMS: Hellenic Americans, Cypriot Americans, Diaspora Greeks, Helleno Amerikanoi
Orientation
Identification and Location. As the group appellati… Achilles , Nationality/Culture
Pronunciation
uh-KILL-eez
Alternate Names
Appears In
Lineage
Son of Peleus and the nymph Thetis
Character Overview
Achilles (pron… Greek , Greek all Greek to me completely unintelligible. Greek for unintelligible language or gibberish is recorded from the late 16th century, as in Shakesp… Aetolia , Calydon a Greek town in Aetolia, in Greek mythology ruled over by Meleager), and ravaged by the Calydonian boar, a monstrous wild boar sent by Artemi… Greek Language , Greek language, member of the Indo-European family of languages (see Indo-European). It is the language of one of the major civilizations of the worl…
You Might Also Like
NEARBY TERMS
Ctesias