Persica
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Persica is an ancient historical work by Ctesias of Cnidus that recounts semi-legendary histories and tales of the Persian Empire.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Greek prose work
ⓘ
ancient historical work ⓘ lost work ⓘ |
| alternativeTitle | Persika NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithCulture | Classical Greek literature ⓘ |
| associatedWithRegion | Persia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Ctesias of Cnidus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorServedAtCourtOf | Artaxerxes II of Persia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
court anecdotes
ⓘ
historical traditions about Persia ⓘ semi-legendary tales ⓘ |
| coversPeriod |
early Persian kings
ⓘ
legendary Assyrian kings ⓘ reign of Artaxerxes II ⓘ |
| describedIn | Bibliotheca of Photius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Persian customs and institutions
ⓘ
Persian royal court ⓘ |
| genre |
historical narrative
ⓘ
historiography ⓘ |
| historicalValue | important but problematic source on Achaemenid Persia ⓘ |
| influenced | later Greek views of Persia ⓘ |
| knownFrom |
later summaries
ⓘ
quotations in other authors ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| narrativeMode | prose ⓘ |
| originallyDividedInto | 23 books ⓘ |
| perspective | Greek perspective on Persian history ⓘ |
| placeOfComposition |
Cnidus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Persian court at Susa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| preservation | survives in fragmentary form ⓘ |
| reliability | considered less reliable than Herodotus by modern scholars ⓘ |
| scholarlyTopic |
Achaemenid studies
ⓘ
Greek historiography ⓘ |
| status | extant only in fragments ⓘ |
| style | mixture of history and romance ⓘ |
| subject |
Achaemenid Empire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Persian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeOfComposition |
early 4th century BCE
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late 5th century BCE ⓘ |
| usedAsSourceBy |
Athenaeus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Diodorus Siculus NERFINISHED ⓘ Photius of Constantinople NERFINISHED ⓘ Plutarch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workType | ethnographic-historical account ⓘ |
| writtenByOccupationOfAuthor |
Greek physician
ⓘ
court doctor ⓘ |
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