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<article article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.3" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xml:lang="ru"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">history</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="ru">ВЕСТНИК РГГУ. Серия «Литературоведение. Языкознание. Культурология»</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>RSUH/RGGU Bulletin: “Literary Teory. Linguistics. Cultural Studies”, Series</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2073-6355</issn><publisher><publisher-name>RSUH</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.28995/2686-7249-2025-4-12-31</article-id><article-id custom-type="elpub" pub-id-type="custom">history-1795</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>КУЛЬТУРНО-ИСТОРИЧЕСКИЕ ИССЛЕДОВАНИЯ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>STUDIES IN CULTURAL HISTORY</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Быт и нравы иранской монархии глазами эллина, но изнутри: Ктесий Книдский</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>Life and customs of the Iranian monarchy as viewed by an Hellene, but on the inside. Ctesias of Cnidus</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Суриков</surname><given-names>Игорь Е.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Surikov</surname><given-names>Igor E.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Игорь Е. Суриков, доктор исторических наук, профессор,</p><p>119334, Москва, Ленинский пр-кт, д. 32а;</p><p>125047, Москва, Миусская пл., д. 6.</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Igor E. Surikov, Dr. of Sci. (History), professor,</p><p>32a, Leninsky Av., Moscow, 119334;</p><p>6, Miusskaya Sq., Moscow, 125047</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">isurikov@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>Институт всеобщей истории РАН; Российский государственный гуманитарный университет</institution><country>Россия</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>Institute of World History, Russian Academy of Sciences; Russian State University for the Humanities</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2025</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>01</day><month>05</month><year>2025</year></pub-date><volume>0</volume><issue>4</issue><fpage>12</fpage><lpage>31</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Суриков И.Е., 2025</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2025</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Суриков И.Е.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Surikov I.E.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://history.rsuh.ru/jour/article/view/1795">https://history.rsuh.ru/jour/article/view/1795</self-uri><abstract><p>В статье привлекается внимание к уникальному месту Ктесия среди античных авторов: этот грек, много лет проведший в Персии и по возвращении на родину решивший ближе познакомить соотечественников с этой страной, в полной мере обладал, как выражаются, «инсайдерской информацией». Как историк он пользовался и пользуется заслуженно низкой репутацией, однако в тех частях его трактата «Персидские дела» (начиная с 18-й книги), где он выступает уже не в качестве собственно историка, а скорее в качестве мемуариста, рассказывая о событиях, происшедших на его памяти, и о людях, которых знал лично (среди них – Дарий II, Артаксеркс II, Кир Младший, а отдельно должна быть отмечена Парисатида, от которой Ктесий получил особенно много информации), ситуация меняется. Ведь эллин из Книда, находясь в высоком статусе лейб-медика, был вхож в самые интимные покои царя и членов его семьи, посвящен во многие тайны и интриги персидского двора.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The article draws attention to Ctesias’ unique place among Classical authors: the Greek, who spent many years in Persia and after his return home decided to nearer acquaint his compatriots with that country, possessed in full measure, so to say, insider information. As a historian he enjoyed and enjoys a deservedly law reputation; however, the situation is different in the parts of his Persica, where he speaks not as a historian as such but as an author of memoirs and tells about the events, which took place in his presence, and about persons, who he was personally familiar with (such as Darius II, Artaxerxes II, Cyrus the Younger, and especially Parysatis, one of the main informers of Ctesias). For the Hellene from Cnidus, in his high status of physician-in-ordinary, was well received in the most intimate chambers of the King and his family members; he was privy to many secrets and intrigues of the Persian court.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>Ктесий Книдский</kwd><kwd>«Персидские дела»</kwd><kwd>Ахемениды</kwd><kwd>монархия</kwd><kwd>Артаксеркс II</kwd><kwd>Парисатида</kwd><kwd>Фотий</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>Ctesias of Cnidus</kwd><kwd>Persica</kwd><kwd>Achaemenids</kwd><kwd>monarchy</kwd><kwd>Artaxerxes II</kwd><kwd>Parysatis</kwd><kwd>Photius</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Балахванцев 2020 – Балахванцев А.С. Споры об эллинизме // Восток. 2020. № 4. С. 21–31.</mixed-citation><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">Almagor, E. 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