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    Pytheas of Massalia (/ˈpɪθiəs/; Ancient Greek: Πυθέας ὁ Μασσαλιώτης Pythéas ho Massaliōtēs; Latin: Pytheas Massiliensis; born c. 350 BC, fl. c. 320–306...
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    notes that Pytheas says it "is a six days' sail north of Britain, and is near the frozen sea". But he then doubts this claim, writing that Pytheas has "been...
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    the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Pytheas. "Pytheas (crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology...
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    explorer Pytheas of Massalia, who travelled from his home in Hellenistic southern Gaul to Britain in the 4th century BC. The term used by Pytheas may derive...
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  • Pytheas (Ancient Greek: Πυθέας) of Athens was an orator who wrote speeches and other works. Pytheas opposed fellow orators Demosthenes and Demades. In...
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  • Aristarchus Aristyllus Attalus Autolycus Conon Eratosthenes Hipparchus Hypsicles Pytheas Seleucus Timocharis Agrippa Andronicus Cleomedes Geminus Hephaestio Macrobius...
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    author to describe the coast of Holland and Flanders was the geographer Pytheas, who noted in c. 325 BC that in these regions, "more people died in the...
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  • works of the Greek explorer Pytheas of Massalia; later Greek writers such as Diodorus of Sicily and Strabo who quote Pytheas' use of variants such as Πρεττανική...
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    The first written reference to Scotland was in 320 BC by Greek sailor Pytheas, who called the northern tip of Britain "Orcas", the source of the name...
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  • Marseille. Its existence has been denied by other scholars.[citation needed] Pytheas Barry Cunliffe, Iron Age Britain, English Heritage, London, 1995, p 38...
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  • which is the modern Ireland. The first known Greek to come to Britain was Pytheas who lived in late 4th and early 3rd centuries BC. He reported its name...
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    perseus-eng1:12 Pindar. Nemean 5, For Pytheas of Aegina Boy's Pancratium. Bacchylides. Epinicians, Ode 13 For Pytheas of Aegina Pancratium at Nemea. Translated...
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  • London. "Lost Holst manuscripts discovered in New Zealand". Classic FM. Retrieved 23 July 2017. Gustav Holst at Pytheas Center for Contemporary Music...
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    Arktika 2007 Mir submersibles Sagalevich Chilingarov Iceland Greenland Pytheas Brendan Papar Vikings Naddodd Garðar Ingólfr Norse colonization of North...
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  • is an island of immense size called Baltia, which by Pytheas is called Basilia." [...] "Pytheas says that the Gutones, a people of Germany, inhabit the...
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  • p.325 Pytheas Fogg (2002) p.2 Lothaire (2011) p. 141 Berstel et al (2009) p.133 Berthé & Rigo (2010) p.7 Allouche & Shallit (2003) p.328 Pytheas Fogg (2002)...
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    form of the name was the Greek explorer and geographer Pytheas in the 4th century BC. Pytheas referred to Prettanike or Brettaniai, a group of islands...
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    exploration Phoenician maritime expansion Sardinia Circumnavigation of Africa Pytheas' voyage to Britain Roman circumnavigation of Britain Timeline Military...
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    Arktika 2007 Mir submersibles Sagalevich Chilingarov Iceland Greenland Pytheas Brendan Papar Vikings Naddodd Garðar Ingólfr Norse colonization of North...
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    fascination with geography; he was well-read in the works of Eratosthenes and Pytheas, and perhaps wanted to discover the source of the river, but turned back...
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    Arktika 2007 Mir submersibles Sagalevich Chilingarov Iceland Greenland Pytheas Brendan Papar Vikings Naddodd Garðar Ingólfr Norse colonization of North...
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  • secret society Pythius (disambiguation) Pytheas (4th century BC), Greek explorer from modern day Marseilles Pytheas (crater), a lunar crater Pythia, oracle...
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    καὶ τὰ πέραν τοῦ Ῥήνου τὰ μέχρι Σκυθῶ should be considered unknown, as Pytheas' account of remote nations cannot be trusted. Krahe (1964) claims the hydronym...
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    island of Thule was reported to exist by the 4th-century BC Greek explorer Pytheas, but information about its purported location was lost; explorers and geographers...
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    geographical accounts. During his exploration of northwest Europe (c. 320 BC), Pytheas of Massalia called the island Iérnē (written Ἰέρνη).[citation needed] In...
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    Great Britain may have come from 4th century BC records of the voyage of Pytheas, a Greek geographer who made a voyage of exploration around the British...
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    BCE, as did Pytheas (c. 330 BCE), whose work "On the Ocean" is lost, but was referenced by Pliny, according to whose Natural History: Pytheas says that...
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    Ages". The earliest known reference to the habitants of Britain was by Pytheas, a Greek geographer who made a voyage of exploration around the British...
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    visited the island in the 6th or 5th century BC and the Greek explorer Pytheas in the 4th. It was regarded as a place of mystery, with some writers refusing...
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    polar regions remained largely unexplored and their geography conjectural. Pytheas of Massilia recorded an account of a journey northward in 325 BC, to a...
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