Übersetzung für 'Ctesias' von Englisch nach Deutsch

Ctesias [Greek historian]

Ktesias {m}hist.

• The literary attestations as already given are that Derceto was depicted as fish-tailed goddess at Ashkelon (by Ctesias after Diodorus), and later at Hieropolis (by Lucian).
• The writings of Diodorus about Semiramis is strongly influenced by the writings of Ctesias of Cnidus, but recent research suggests that his writings about Semiramis do not always follow those by Ctesias.
• He takes the history of the near East from where Ctesias leaves off, and, while indulging in the taste for the low, was held in considerably more regard than that author's "Persica".
• The figures of King Ninus and Queen Semiramis first appear in the history of Persia written by Ctesias of Cnidus (c. ...
• Natural historian Chris Lavers points to travellers' tales of the kiang as one source of inspiration for the unicorn, first described in Indika by the Ancient Greek physician Ctesias.

• Ctesias got his information while living in Persia.
• Parsondes was the king of the Cadusii, who, according to Ctesias, was a Mede of Persian origin.
• Historian Ctesias wrote of a king of "Assyrian" provenance named Teutamus, and this historical personage appears in an epic tale involving Memnon, son of Eos.
• Ctesias in his work "Indika" (...), records the beliefs and view of the Persians about India.
• ... "Indika") is a book by the classical Greek physician Ctesias purporting to describe the Indian subcontinent.

• The latter explicitly names Ctesias (the physician of Artaxerxes (II) Mnemon) as his source.
• Ctesias was also later cited by Pausanias regarding the "martichoras" or [...] of India.
• Ctesias ([...]; [...]; fl. fifth century BC), also known as Ctesias of Cnidus, was a Greek physician and historian from the town of Cnidus in Caria, then part of the Achaemenid Empire.
• Sardanapalus ([...]; sometimes spelled Sardanapallus) was, according to the Greek writer Ctesias, the last king of Assyria, although in fact Ashur-uballit II (612–605 BC) holds that distinction.
• He is called [...] by Manetho and Diodorus Siculus, and [...] by Ctesias.