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Κτησίας · Ktesias, Ctesias (κ 2521) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

Near κ2521

κ2517fibres, fissures, grains
κ2518possessor
κ2519beast
κ2520petty-possession
κ2521Ktesias, Ctesias
κ2522Ktesios, Ctesius, Domestic
κ2523Zeus Ktesios, Zeus Ctesius, Domestic Zeus
κ2524Ktesiphon, Ctesiphon, Ctesipho
κ2525marten-skin [helmet]

Suda/Κ kappa/κ2521

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Κτησίας

Ktesias, Ctesias

Translated by John Hyland9 May 2000Vetting: high3 revisions

biography
geography
historiography
history
medicine

2 notes · 29 words

Translation

Son of Ktesiarkhos or Ktesiokhos; from Knidos↗;¹ a doctor; [it was he] who practiced medicine in Persia for the Artaxerxes called Mnemon² and wrote Persian Histories in 23 books.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κτησίας, Κτησιάρχου ἢ Κτησιόχου, Κνίδιος, ἰατρός· ὃς ἰάτρευσεν ἐν Πέρσαις Ἀρταξέρξην τὸν Μνήμονα κληθέντα καὶ συνέγραψε Περσικὰ ἐν βιβλίοις κʹ καὶ γʹ.

Betacode

*kthsi/as, *kthsia/rxou h)\ *kthsio/xou, *kni/dios, i)atro/s: o(\s i)a/treusen e)n *pe/rsais *)artace/rchn to\n *mnh/mona klhqe/nta kai\ sune/graye *persika\ e)n bibli/ois k# kai\ g#.

Notes (2)

C5/4 BC. See generally OCD(4) s.v. Ctesias; FGrH 688.
1cf. kappa 1873. ↩
2a.k.a. Artakhshathra (Artaxerxes) II, Great King of Persia 404-359.

Neighbouring entries

κ2519Κτῆνοςbeast κ2520Κτησείδιονpetty-possession κ2521ΚτησίαςKtesias, Ctesias κ2522ΚτήσιοςKtesios, Ctesius, Domestic κ2523Κτησίου ΔιόςZeus Ktesios, Zeus Ctesius, Domestic Zeus

Revision history3 revisions · last 4 Aug 2014

4 Aug 2014Revised — David Whitehead
18 Mar 2013Revised — David Whitehead
25 Sep 2002modified translation; augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
9 May 2000Translated — John Hyland

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Κτησίας (Adler number kappa 2521), trans. John Hyland, 9 May 2000. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/kappa/2521

Translation by John Hyland for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗