Persica Press
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Persica (Ctesias)
''Persica'' (/pεrsɪkɑː/; Ancient Greek: Περσικά, ''Persiká'') is a lost Ancient Greek text, divided in 23 books, on Assyrian, Median and Persian history written by Ctesias of Cnidus, a physician at the court of the Persian king Artaxerxes II (404-358 BC). The work's style and value for the study of the Achaemenid history have been a subject of much controversy among modern scholars. Outline of the work Books 1-3: Assyrian history. The books described the reign of the legendary king Ninus who founded the Assyrian empire and the city of Nineveh, and conquered large parts of western Asia; the reign of the legendary Queen Semiramis and her invasion of India; the reigns of Ninyas and of Sardanapalus and the end of the Assyrian empire after the revolts of Arbaces of Media and Belesys of Babylon. Books 4-6: Median history. The books recounted the history of the Median empire from the reign of Arbaces to the reign of Astyages and his defeat in the hands of Cyrus the Great of P ...
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