Ctesias of Cnidus
E321786
Ctesias of Cnidus was a 5th-century BCE Greek physician and historian at the Persian court whose works, especially his Persica and Indica, provided influential but often fanciful accounts of the Achaemenid Empire and India.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ctesias of Cnidus canonical | 7 |
| Ctesias | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3001852 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ctesias of Cnidus Context triple: [Artaxerxes I of Persia, source, Ctesias of Cnidus]
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Herodotus
Herodotus was an ancient Greek historian, often called the "Father of History," known for writing the seminal work "Histories" that chronicles the Greco-Persian Wars and various cultures of the ancient world.
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Hecataeus of Miletus
Hecataeus of Miletus was an early 5th-century BCE Greek historian and geographer, known for his pioneering works in ethnography and world geography.
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Dionysius of Halicarnassus
Dionysius of Halicarnassus was a Greek historian and rhetorician of the 1st century BC, best known for his work "Roman Antiquities," which offers a detailed account of early Roman history and institutions.
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Diodorus of Tarsus
Diodorus of Tarsus was a 4th-century Christian bishop and theologian known as a key precursor of the Antiochene school of biblical exegesis and an opponent of Arianism.
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Strabo
Strabo was an ancient Greek geographer, philosopher, and historian best known for his 17-volume work "Geographica," which described the peoples and places of the known world in his time.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ctesias of Cnidus Target entity description: Ctesias of Cnidus was a 5th-century BCE Greek physician and historian at the Persian court whose works, especially his Persica and Indica, provided influential but often fanciful accounts of the Achaemenid Empire and India.
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A.
Herodotus
Herodotus was an ancient Greek historian, often called the "Father of History," known for writing the seminal work "Histories" that chronicles the Greco-Persian Wars and various cultures of the ancient world.
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B.
Hecataeus of Miletus
Hecataeus of Miletus was an early 5th-century BCE Greek historian and geographer, known for his pioneering works in ethnography and world geography.
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C.
Dionysius of Halicarnassus
Dionysius of Halicarnassus was a Greek historian and rhetorician of the 1st century BC, best known for his work "Roman Antiquities," which offers a detailed account of early Roman history and institutions.
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D.
Diodorus of Tarsus
Diodorus of Tarsus was a 4th-century Christian bishop and theologian known as a key precursor of the Antiochene school of biblical exegesis and an opponent of Arianism.
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E.
Strabo
Strabo was an ancient Greek geographer, philosopher, and historian best known for his 17-volume work "Geographica," which described the peoples and places of the known world in his time.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek historian
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ancient Greek physician ⓘ writer of antiquity ⓘ |
| activeInCentury | 5th century BCE ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Greek Antiquity
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Greece
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| claimedToCorrect | Herodotus ⓘ |
| contemporaryOf | Herodotus ⓘ |
| employer |
Persian court
ⓘ
surface form:
Achaemenid court
Artaxerxes II ⓘ
surface form:
Persian king Artaxerxes II
|
| ethnicOrigin | Greek ⓘ |
| genre | historiography ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Classical Greece ⓘ |
| influenced |
later Greek views of India
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later Greek views of Persia ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Indica
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Persica ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| name | Ctesias of Cnidus self-link ⓘ |
| occupation |
historian
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physician ⓘ |
| perspective | Greek observer at Persian court ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin |
Knidos
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surface form:
Cnidus
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| professionAtCourt | royal physician ⓘ |
| reliability | often considered unreliable ⓘ |
| servedAtCourtOf |
Artaxerxes II
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surface form:
Artaxerxes II of Persia
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| sourceFor |
Achaemenid court anecdotes
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Greek mythical geography of India ⓘ |
| style | includes fanciful and legendary material ⓘ |
| subjectOf | ancient biographical tradition ⓘ |
| workStatus | survives in fragments ⓘ |
| wroteAbout |
Achaemenid Empire
ⓘ
India ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ctesias of Cnidus Description of subject: Ctesias of Cnidus was a 5th-century BCE Greek physician and historian at the Persian court whose works, especially his Persica and Indica, provided influential but often fanciful accounts of the Achaemenid Empire and India.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ctesias