Ctesias' Persica in Its Near Eastern Context
- ISBN-10
- 0299310906
- ISBN-13
- 9780299310905
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 184
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017-01-24
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Pres
- Author
- Matt Waters
Description
A modern historian sheds new light on an ancient Greek history of Persia.
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