Cnidus
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She discovered the head in London's British Museum among fragments brought back from Cnidus by the English archaeologist Sir Charles Newton more than a century ago.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mechanics Sirs: Medical charlatans have existed since the beginning of history and doubtless will always exist; even Hippocrates had his contention with the school at Cnidus.
From Time Magazine Archive
CTESIAS, of Cnidus in Caria, Greek physician and historian, flourished in the 5th century B.C.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various
Eudoxus of Cnidus, the contemporary of Plato, placed him still higher; he thought that Zoroaster lived 6000 years before the death of Plato.
From The History of Antiquity Vol. V. by Max Duncker
A certain youth of Cnidus fell in love with a statue of Aphrodite, and my secretary, Caspar, has fallen in love with Gaby Deslys.
From The Orchard of Tears by Sax Rohmer
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