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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 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Ctesias is the 101st most popular physician (down from 96th in 2019), the 251st most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 264th in 2019) and the 7th most popular 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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 270k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Ctesias by language

Over the past year Ctesias has had the most page views in the with 38,574 views, followed by Persian (11,493), and Russian (7,469). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Czech (206.22%), Galician (83.57%), and Latin (54.49%)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Ctesias ranks 101 out of 726Before him are Jean Nicot, Aribert Heim, Alexandre Yersin, Haldan Keffer Hartline, Róbert Bárány, and André Frédéric Cournand. After him are Werner Forssmann, William T. G. Morton, Julius Wagner-Jauregg, Jens Christian Skou, Frederick Chapman Robbins, and James Parkinson.

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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 3Before him are Aspasia, and Xanthippe. After him are Thaïs, Zeuxis, Teos of Egypt, Leochares, Eubulides, Phaedo of Elis, Parysatis, Alcamenes, and Oxyartes.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Ctesias ranks 251 out of 1,347Before him are Cevdet Sunay (1899), André Chénier (1762), Novatian (220), John IV Laskaris (1250), Michael IX Palaiologos (1277), and Basiliscus (500). After him are Constantine Laskaris (1170), Michael V Kalaphates (1015), Andronikos V Palaiologos (1400), Antiochus VII Sidetes (-159), Tansu Çiller (1946), and Philo of Byzantium (-280).

Among PHYSICIANS In Türkiye

Among physicians born in Türkiye, 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), Caesarius of Nazianzus (330), Aëtius of Amida (502), and Rufus of Ephesus (100).