Κτησίας
Κτησίας
-ου, Ctesias, a famous Greek physician and author, captured by the Persians in 415 B.C., and detained, though with high honor, as court physician to Darius II and his successor, Artaxerxes II. He wrote a history of Persia, known to us only through quotations by other writers.
Headword (normalized):
κτησίας
Headword (normalized/stripped):
κτησιας
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Κτησίας
-ου, Ctesias, a famous Greek physician and author, captured by the Persians in 415 B.C., and detained, though with high honor, as court physician to Darius II and his successor, Artaxerxes II. He wrote a history of Persia, known to us only through quotations by other writers.
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:anabasis-mather-1367
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