The Travels of Marco Polo · Character
Ctesias
- Supporting
- First seen · Book 1 · Ch. 30
Ctesias arrives through the testimony of other writers: a name attached to distant histories and the authority of an old account. The mention feels like a voice carried across centuries, intriguing precisely because so little of the man himself is visible.
- Gender
- male
- Age
- unknown
- First appears
- Book 1 · Ch. 30
- Books
- 1
Ctesias is cited as an ancient historian whose account is relayed by Diodorus in connection with Babylon of Egypt. Elsewhere he is identified as a Greek historian and physician, a pairing that hints at both a chronicler’s curiosity and a practitioner’s attention to the human world. The text supplies no personal arc or relationships beyond these scholarly associations.
Description
Ctesias is identified as a Greek historian and physician, but the text does not describe his appearance. His height, build, complexion, hair, eyes, face, and clothing are unspecified, as are any distinguishing features or habitual mannerisms.
Story so far
BOOK 1The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1
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