Ctesias' Persica and its Near Eastern context
The Persica is an extensive history of Assyria and Persia written by the Greek historian Ctesias, who served as a doctor to the Persian king Artaxerxes II around 400 BCE. Written for a Greek readership, the Persica influenced the development of both historiographic and literary traditions in Greece....
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Madison, Wisconsin
The University of Wisconsin Press
[2017]
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| In: | Year: 2017 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Waters, Matt, Ctesias' Persica and its near eastern context] (2019) (Schlosser, Joel)
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| Series/Journal: | Wisconsin studies in classics
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| Further subjects: | B
Iran
History To 640
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B Electronic books Electronic books B HISTORY ; Civilization B History B Sources B Iran History Sources To 640 Iran History Sources B Historiography B Iran B Iran History Historiography To 640 B Persica (Ctesias) B Iran History To 640 Historiography B Ctesias Persica B Ctesias Persica (Ctesias) To 640 |
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| Summary: | The Persica is an extensive history of Assyria and Persia written by the Greek historian Ctesias, who served as a doctor to the Persian king Artaxerxes II around 400 BCE. Written for a Greek readership, the Persica influenced the development of both historiographic and literary traditions in Greece. It also, contends Matt Waters, is an essential but often misunderstood source for the history of the Achaemenid Persian Empire. Waters, as a historian of Persia with command of Akkadian, Elamite, and Old Persian languages in addition to Latin and Greek, offers a fresh interdisciplinary analysis of the Persica. He shows in detail how Ctesias' history, though written in a Greek literary style, was infused with two millennia of Mesopotamian and Persian motifs, legends, and traditions. This Hellenized version of Persian culture was enormously influential in antiquity, shaping Greek stereotypes of effeminate Persian monarchs, licentious and vengeful queens, and conniving eunuchs. Waters' revealing study contributes significantly to knowledge of ancient historiography, Persian dynastic traditions and culture, and the influence of Near Eastern texts and oral tradition on Greek literature The eunuch in-between -- Semiramis, queen of battle -- A different kind of education for Cyrus -- The inverted hero's many faces |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-149) and indexes. - Print version record |
| ISBN: | 0299310930 |