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Pytheas
Ancient Greek geographer (born ca.
Pytheas map
350 BC)
Not to be confused with Pythias.
For the ancient Athenian orator, see Pytheas (Athenian).
Pytheas of Massalia (; Ancient Greek: Πυθέας ὁ Μασσαλιώτης Pythéās ho Massaliōtēs; Latin: Pytheas Massiliensis; born c.
350 BC, fl.c. 320–306 BC) was a Greekgeographer, explorer and astronomer from the Greek colony of Massalia (modern-day Marseille, France).[4] He made a voyage of exploration to Northern Europe in about 325 BC, but his account of it, known widely in antiquity, has not survived and is now known only through the writings of others.
On this voyage, he circumnavigated and visited a considerable part of the British Isles.
What is pytheas famous forHe was the first known Greek scientific visitor to see and describe the Arctic, polar ice, and the Celtic and Germanic tribes. He is also the first person on record to describe the midnight sun. The theoretical existence of some Northern phenomena that he described, such as a frigid zon
