02626oam 22004814a 450 991097468070332120180817105048.097802993109360299310930(CKB)3710000001018504(OCoLC)968212250(MdBmJHUP)muse53756(MiAaPQ)EBC5167837(Perlego)4390151(EXLCZ)99371000000101850420160415h20172017 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierCtesias’ <i>Persica</i> in Its Near Eastern Context /Matt WatersMadison, Wisconsin :The University of Wisconsin Press,2017.©20171 online resourceWisconsin studies in classics9780299310905 0299310906 Includes bibliographical references and index.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. Wisconsin studies in classics.IranHistoryTo 640HistoriographyIranHistoryTo 640SourcesElectronic books. Electronic books. 935/.05Waters Matthew W(Matthew William),1805561MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910974680703321Ctesias’ Persica4354230UNINA