From İzmir Smyrna Hermippus Biography to Teos Boëthos Sculptures and Knidos Ctesias Persica: Classical Biography, Bronze Sculptures, and Persian History

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Periods

• Ionia & Aeolis
• Hellenistic era
• Roman era
• Ottoman era
• National Struggle & Republic
• The Aegean today

Narrative stops

• Smyrna Ancient City Birthplace of Biographer Hermippus and Ionian Acropolis
• Teos Ancient City Birthplace of Master Sculptor Boëthos and Bronze Foundry
• Knidos Ancient City Birthplace of Physician Ctesias and Persica Library

Research sources

• Hermippus of Smyrna (3rd Century BC): The Father of Classical Biography and Bioi Literature
• The Court Physician of Persia and Master Sculptor of Bronze: Ctesias of Knidos and Boëthos of Teos