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نئارخوس
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Nearchus or Nearchos (; – 300 BC) was one of the Greek officers, a navarch, in the army of Alexander the Great. He is known for his celebrated expeditionary voyage starting from the Indus River, through the Persian Gulf and ending at the mouth of the Tigris River following the Indian campaign of Alexander the Great, in 326–324 BC.
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- Works
- 3
Top works
- From notes on passing events
- On the prevention of shipwrecks
- On the prevention of losses at sea
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Macedonia
- Place of birth
- Lato
- Occupation
- military personnel
- Position held
- strategos
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
- Military branch
- Ancient Macedonian army
- Military rank
- admiral
- Image
- The wounded Alexander passing through his fleet in India by Andre Castaigne (1898-1899).jpg
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- date of birth
- 0356-01-01
- date of death
- 0300-01-01
- Commons category
- Nearchus
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
- writing language
- Ancient Greek
- name in native language
- Νέαρχος
- relative
- Barsine
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