Cyaxares II
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Cyaxares II was a king of the Medes whose reign is described by the Greek historian Xenophon. Some theories have equated this figure with the "Darius the Mede" named in the Book of Daniel. He is not m
The Cyrus Cylinder (British Museum)
The Nabonidus Chronicle
Frieze statues depicting Persian and Median nobleman in friendly conversation.
Ctesias
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Ctesias, also known as Ctesias of Cnidus, was a Greek physician and historian from the town of Cnidus in Caria, then part of the Achaemenid Empire.
Ctesias attended to Artaxerxes II at the Battle of Cunaxa in 401 BC (depiction of the battle by Jean Adrien Guignet)
Some absurd claims form part of Indica, such as the stories of a race of people with only one leg, or with feet so big they could be used as an umbrella.