Testimonia on the life and work of Ctesias

Ctesias, son of Ctesiarchus or Ctesiochus, from Cnidus, doctor, who

attended Artaxerxes – called Mnemnon – and wrote a History of Persia

in 23 books.

T1b. Tzetzes, Chiliades, 1.85-89

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Ctesias, the doctor, son of Ctesiochus,

Having left the city of Cnidus on Cyprus,

While fighting alongside Cyrus, was seized by Artaxerxes,

And lived among the Persians for 17 years,

And wrote a History of Persia in 23 books . . .