Crossword-Solution: CTESIAS
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| Word | Anagrams | |
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| CTESIAS | anagram | ASCITES |
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| Greek historian. | 3 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
AAER
Hint 3 another clue
CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with CTESIAS (5)
The story of the seven Persians is told in the third book of Herodotus; and their noble descendants are often mentioned, especially in the fragments of Ctesias.
Tradition ascribed it, as we learn from Ctesias, through Diodorus, to the fabled Assyrian queen Semiramis.
The learned John Beckmann (History of Inventions, Discoveries, and Origins: sub voce) derives falconry from India, where, as early as the time of Ctesias, hares and foxes were hunted by means of rapacious birds. I believe, however, that no trace of this sport is found in the writings of the Hindus.
Thirlwall, in my judgment, very properly contents himself with recording the ultimate destination of Croesus as we find it in Ctesias, to the rejection of the beautiful romance of Herodotus.
Ctesias says there were more than one thousand.]; that of the Greeks, as we have seen, three hundred and eighty.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1946).