Ctesias ; Persica

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Plutarch and the Persica

by Almagor, Eran

fromEdinburgh studies in ancient Persia

0 Type: Book

This book addresses two historical mysteries. The first is the content and character of the fourth century BCE Greek works called the Persica. The second is the method of work of the second century CE biographer Plutarch of Chaeronea who used these works to compose his biographi…