Photius' Excerpt of Ctesias' Indica

Ctesias was a Greek physician who stayed at the court of the Persian king Artaxerxes II Mnemon from 404 to 398/397. He wrote several books about Persia and India. They are now lost but were quoted by ancient authors; consequently, we are able to judge their value as history (low) and as works of art (entertaining). The following text is an excerpt from the Indica by the Byzantine scholar Photius (c.815-897); the translation was made by J.H. Freese and was found at Tertullian.Org. Strikethrough text is believed to be interpolations.

Photius' excerpt of Ctesias' Indica

[1] Also read the same author's History of India, in one book, in which he employs the Ionic dialect more frequently.

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