LEADER 02626oam 22004814a 450 001 9910974680703321 005 20180817105048.0 010 $a9780299310936 010 $a0299310930 035 $a(CKB)3710000001018504 035 $a(OCoLC)968212250 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse53756 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5167837 035 $a(Perlego)4390151 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001018504 100 $a20160415h20172017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aCtesias? Persica in Its Near Eastern Context /$fMatt Waters 210 1$aMadison, Wisconsin :$cThe University of Wisconsin Press,$d2017. 210 4$dİ2017 215 $a1 online resource 225 1 $aWisconsin studies in classics 311 08$a9780299310905 311 08$a0299310906 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 8 $aThe Persica is an extensive history of Assyria and Persia written by the Greek historian Ctesias, who served as a doctor to the Persian king Artaxerxes II around 400 bce. Written for a Greek readership, the Persica influenced the development of both historiographic and literary traditions in Greece. It also, contends Matt Waters, is an essential but often misunderstood source for the history of the Achaemenid Persian Empire. Waters, as a historian of Persia with command of Akkadian, Elamite, and Old Persian languages in addition to Latin and Greek, offers a fresh interdisciplinary analysis of the Persica. He shows in detail how Ctesias' history, though written in a Greek literary style, was infused with two millennia of Mesopotamian and Persian motifs, legends, and traditions. This Hellenized version of Persian culture was enormously influential in antiquity, shaping Greek stereotypes of effeminate Persian monarchs, licentious and vengeful queens, and conniving eunuchs. Waters' revealing study contributes significantly to knowledge of ancient historiography, Persian dynastic traditions and culture, and the influence of Near Eastern texts and oral tradition on Greek literature. 410 0$aWisconsin studies in classics. 607 $aIran$xHistory$yTo 640$xHistoriography 607 $aIran$xHistory$yTo 640$xSources 608 $aElectronic books. 608 $aElectronic books. 676 $a935/.05 700 $aWaters$b Matthew W$g(Matthew William),$01805561 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910974680703321 996 $aCtesias? Persica$94354230 997 $aUNINA