The Greek World in the 4th and 3rd Centuries BC

Edward Dąbrowa

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Abbreviations8
Eran Almagor, Ctesias and the Importance of His Writings Revisited10
Emma M.M. Aston, Thessaly and Macedon at Delphi42
Bogdan Burliga, The Importance of the Hoplite Army in Aeneas Tacticus’ Polis62
Tomasz Grabowski, The Ptolemies versus the Achaean and Aetolian Leagues in the 250s–220s BC84
Denver Graninger, Documentary Contexts for the ‘Pistiros Inscription’100
P.J. Rhodes, The Alleged Failure of Athens in the Fourth Century112
Jacek Rzepka, How Many Companions did Philip II have?132
Sławomir Sprawski, Remarks on Aristotle’s Thettalon politeia138
Ryszard Tokarczuk, Internal Politics in Syracuse, 330–317 BC150
Everett L. Wheeler, Notes on a Stratagem of Iphicrates in Polyaenus and Leo Tactica158
Federicomaria Muccioli, La testa mozza di Crasso (Plut., Crass. 32–33). A proposito di un libro recente sulla battaglia di Carre168

CtesiasandtheImportanceofHisWritingsRevisited

Ctesias,hisreputationandtheinformationthathegives.13Aclearjudgmentisdifﬁcultto

obtain,sinceCtesias’workshaveregrettablybeenlostandareonlypreservedinseveral

fragmentsfoundinafewauthors(likePlutarch).Thus,theoriginalcontentcannotbe

fathomedwithabsolutecertainty.Whatisclearisthatthroughhisinﬂuenceuponhis

immediatereaders,chiefamongthembeingXenophon,Ctesiasshouldbeseenasoneof

themostsigniﬁcantandcreativewritersofthefourthcenturyBCE.

CtesiaswasborninthesecondhalfoftheﬁfthcenturyBCE,14inCnidos(T2-4,

7c,11h,12),oneofthetwocentersofmedicalpracticeinclassicalGreece,15andthe

placewherehepresumablystudiedandpracticedthisoccupation.Hisfatherwasnamed

Ctesiochus(T1,11h)orCtesiarchus(T1).16Accordingtohisownreport,hewastaken

prisonerandbroughttothePersiancourtbecauseofhismedicalexpertise(Diod.2.32.4).

HisdeparturefromPersiainvolvedsomesortoftrickery;accordingtoCtesias’report,

hewasapparentlyinvolvedinmediationbetweenthekingontheonehandandEvago-

ras,kingofCyprianSalamis,andConon,theAthenianadmiral(andsoontobecome

anadmiralofthenewPersianﬂeet)ontheother,andmadesurehewouldbeassigned

adiplomaticmission(Plut.Art.21.1-4;17cf.F30.72-4),anopportunityheusedtobring

abouthisescapefromPersiaandtheservicetotheGreatKing(398/397BCE,cf.Diod.

14.46.6);CtesiasdepartedonhiswaytoSparta,butsomehowwasdetainedinRhodes

(F30.75).18HemayhavesettledinSpartaorreturnedhome,toCnidus,19andmayalso

havecontinuedpracticingmedicine.20

appearsinNicolaosofDamascus,FGrH90F66,43-44.Butthisisnotnecessarilycorrect.Hamilton(1969:

liii,191)believesCtesiasisthesourceofPlutarch’sAlexander69.1.

ForahighopinionofCtesias’accountoftherevoltofInarosseethereferencesinBigwood1976:

1n.2.Cf.Cawkwell1972:39-40.ForCtesiasasbasicallytrustworthyonthetyrannicalandcapricious

ruthlessnessofrulersseeLewis1977:29.SeealsoStevenson1997:72(“basichonestyinthedescriptionof

contemporaryeventsinwhichhewasnotpersonallyinvolved”),75,81;Murray2001:42n.57;Dalley2003:

182;Lenfant2004:CXXIII;Llewellyn-Jones/Robson2010:53;Stronk2010:54.ForaviewthatseesCtesias

asfaithfullytransmittinglocaltraditionsseeMomigliano1931;cf.Lenfant1996.

Brown1978:10:between440and435.

SeeNutton2004:69-70.

ThereisclearlysomecorruptionofthenameintheMSStradition.Ctesias’fatherwasapparentlyalso

aphysician(cf.F68),andthefamilyregardeditselfasAsclepiad(T4:dV¢σKXnπidδngT{γέVog).Ctesias

wascontemporarytoHippocrates;cf.Lenfant,2004:VIII,andisdescribedasoneofhisrelatives(σUγγSV[g

OˆTo‡[scil.ºππoKPdToUg]).Cf.F67.

ItisclearthatthesecondversionPlutarchcitesat21.4,andaccordingtowhichthephysicianissaidto

insertasectionintoConon’sletter,suggestingthatCtesiaswouldbesenttoassisttheAthenianadmiral,does

notcomefromanotherauthor(contraHaug1854:98;Smith1881:4;Mantey1888:17;Brown1978:17;

Stevenson1997:117-118andBinder2008:284)butfromCtesiashimselfasataleillustratinganinstanceof

heroictrickery,modeledonOdysseusandothers.

AsLenfant(2004:xxii-xix)pointsout,thetrialmentioned(KO.KP.σigπP{gTo†gΛOKSδOiμoV.ωV

BγγέXoUgTV‛Ñόδωi,KO.DφSσig:atRhodestherewasatrialconcerningtheSpartanenvoysfollowedbyan

acquittal)isinfactnotofCtesias,butoftheSpartandelegates,contraJacoby1922:2036;Brown1978:18;

Eck1990:423-424.Cf.Llewellyn-Jones/Robson2010:17.

Sparta:cf.Lenfant2004:XX-XIX;Cnidus:Brown1978:18;Lenfant2004:XXIII.

Brown1978:19.

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