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Ctesias

440 BC - 400 BC

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Ctesias (; Greek: Κτησίᾱς; fl. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ctesias has received more than 274,145 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia. Ctesias is the 96th most popular physician (up from 148th in 2019), the 264th most popular biography from Turkey (up from 381st in 2019) and the 7th most popular Turkish Physician.

Ctetias was a Greek physician who wrote about the history of India. He is most famous for his descriptions of India and the Indian people.

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  • 270k

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  • 64.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Ctesias ranks 96 out of 502Before him are Friedrich Miescher, Róbert Bárány, Walter Rudolf Hess, Jang-geum, Corneille Heymans, and Stanley Cohen. After him are Otto Loewi, Qa'a, Bernardino of Siena, Elias Lönnrot, Oswald Avery, and Alexandre Yersin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 440 BC, Ctesias ranks 1After him are Thrasybulus, Andocides, and Wu Qi. Among people deceased in 400 BC, Ctesias ranks 5Before him are Aspasia, Xanthippe, Damocles, and Zeuxis. After him are Teos of Egypt, Eubulides, Leochares, Parysatis, Alcamenes, Phaedo of Elis, and Thaïs.

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In Turkey

Among people born in Turkey, Ctesias ranks 264 out of 1,301Before him are Pancras of Rome (289), Andranik (1865), Alexander (870), Theodora Porphyrogenita (984), Fahri Korutürk (1903), and Theodore the Studite (759). After him are Thābit ibn Qurra (836), Astyanax (null), Basilios Bessarion (1403), Suleiman ibn Qutulmish (1100), Attalus II Philadelphus (-220), and Socrates of Constantinople (380).

Among PHYSICIANS In Turkey

Among physicians born in Turkey, Ctesias ranks 7Before him are Galen (129), Basil of Caesarea (329), Nestorius (381), Pedanius Dioscorides (40), Polycarp (69), and Herophilos (-335). After him are Aretaeus of Cappadocia (100), Asclepiades of Bithynia (-120), Soranus of Ephesus (98), Aëtius of Amida (502), Caesarius of Nazianzus (330), and Rufus of Ephesus (100).