While indulging in the taste for the low, his history of Persia was held in considerably more regard than that author's Persica.
[1] His narrative began with the era of the legendary Queen Semiramis and concluded with the Persian reconquest of Egypt.
Besides historical events, he described the customs and traditions of the Persians, as well as the luxury, privileges and hierarchy of the court of the Great King.
[2] In antiquity, Deinon was considered a notable author and a reliable source for Persian history, according to the Roman biographer Cornelius Nepos.
It is speculated that Cleitarchus drew much information from his father's historical work when writing his own history of Alexander the Great.