Ctesias: On India

Ctesias: On India
Author :
Publisher : Bristol Classical Press
Total Pages : 192
Release :
ISBN-10 : 1853997420
ISBN-13 : 9781853997426
Rating : 4/5 (426 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Ctesias: On India by : Andrew Nichols

Download or read book Ctesias: On India written by Andrew Nichols and published by Bristol Classical Press. This book was released on 2011-09-22 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Greek doctor serving at the court of the Persian king Artaxerxes II in the fifth century BC, Ctesias met travellers and visitors from the far eastern reaches of the Persian Empire, merchants from along the Silk Road and Indians from near the Indus Valley. His Indika (On India), was the first monograph ever written on India by a western author, introducing its readers to such fantastic creatures as the unicorn and the martichora, along with real life subjects such as the parrot and the art of falconry. Confirming pre-existing conceptions of what were considered to be the edges of the earth, Ctesias' Indika helped shape the Greek view of India.

Ctesias: On India Related Books

Ctesias: On India
Language: en
Pages: 192
Authors: Andrew Nichols
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-09-22 - Publisher: Bristol Classical Press

GET EBOOK

A Greek doctor serving at the court of the Persian king Artaxerxes II in the fifth century BC, Ctesias met travellers and visitors from the far eastern reaches
The Greek Experience of India
Language: en
Pages: 548
Authors: Richard Stoneman
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-06-08 - Publisher: Princeton University Press

GET EBOOK

An exploration of how the Greeks reacted to and interacted with India from the third to first centuries BCE. When the Greeks and Macedonians in Alexander's army
Ancient India as Described by Ktesias the Knidian
Language: en
Pages: 228
Authors: Ctesias
Categories: India
Type: BOOK - Published: 1882 - Publisher:

GET EBOOK

Notes on the Indica of Ctesias
Language: en
Pages: 94
Authors: Horace Hayman Wilson
Categories: India
Type: BOOK - Published: 1836 - Publisher:

GET EBOOK

Lucian's True History
Language: en
Pages: 192
Authors: Lucian (of Samosata.)
Categories: Satire, Greek
Type: BOOK - Published: 1902 - Publisher:

GET EBOOK