Ctesias

The Greeks seemed to have had an anxiety about writing pure fiction, and so writers who were notorious for their 'tall' tales – such as Ctesias, Antiphanes and Megathenes - would write about their adventures in the form of travel logs, or back up their findings with pseudo-documentary evidence, such as 'rediscovered' texts or invented inscriptions.

Origins of science fiction? 2005

Chris Lavers escorts his audience to a world five hundred years before Jesus in which Greek physician Ctesias living in Persia describes the unicorn that has become the basis of mythos.

The Natural History of Unicorns-Chris Lavers « The Merry Genre Go Round Reviews 2009

This, according to the statement of Ctesias the surgeon24, who further states that he himself healed the wound.

Anabasis 2007

Ctesias reports of a Persian king, that had 150 maids attending at his table, to play, sing, and dance by turns; and [3531] Lil.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Ctesias, of Xenophon, of Diodorus, or of Justin, all of which contradict one another.

A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

Ctesias in Persicis finxit vulvae morbum esse nec curari posse nisi cum viro concumberet, hac arte voti compos, &c.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Dariaeus, i.e. Darius, but the spelling of the name is correct, and occurs in Ctesias, though in the “Anabasis” we have the spelling Darius.

Hellenica 2007

Herodotus, or Ctesias, or Diodorus of Sicily, relate a fact: you have read it in Greek, therefore this fact is true.

A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

Horum supra centum viginti millia fuisse prodente se, Ctesias scribit: et in quadam gente Indiæ, foeminas semel in vita parere, genitosque confestim canescere.

The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

Horum supra centum viginti millia fuisse prodente se, Ctesias scribit: et in quadam gente Indi�, foeminas semel in vita parere, genitosque confestim canescere.

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003