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Pytheas was a Greek explorer and astronomer from Massalia (modern Marseille) who undertook a voyage to Northern Europe around 325 BC and became well-known in ancient times for his account of the journey. Although his original writings have been lost, his exploration remains historically important because it is preserved through references and quotations in the works of other ancient authors.
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Vinony's link graph records 960 inbound references to پوتئاس, and connects out to Hellenistic-era warships, Ancient maritime history and Julius Caesar.
It is catalogued under topics including 350s BC births, 3rd-century BC geographers and 4th-century BC geographers.
Vinony links it to 57 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Scientist.name
- Pytheas of Massalia
- Scientist.image
- Parisinus gr 1397 f.162 pytheas of massalia from Strabo 7.3.1.jpg
- Scientist.image_size
- 200px
- Scientist.caption
- Pytheas of Massalia (Πυθέας ὁ Μασσαλιώτης) in the 10th century manuscript of Strabo (Geog.7.3.1) written in Byzantine Greek minuscule.
- Scientist.birth_date
- 350 BC
- Scientist.birth_place
- Massalia
- Scientist.citizenship
- Massaliote
- Scientist.fields
- Geography, exploration, navigation
- Scientist.known_for
- Earliest Greek voyage to Britain, the Baltic, and the Arctic Circle for which there is a record, author of Periplus.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Massalia
- Occupation
- astronomer
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
- Image
- Pythéas.jpg
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- date of birth
- 0349-00-00
- birth name
- Πυθέας
- floruit
- 0400-00-00
- Commons category
- Pytheas
- described by source
- New International Encyclopedia
- different from
- Pythias
- writing language
- Ancient Greek
- date of death
- 0284-00-00
- name in native language
- Πυθέας
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- significant place
- Massalia
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