Pytheas of Massalia

Pytheas of Massalia (Marseille), mariner, explorer, geographer and astronomer, made a pioneering voyage into the then unknown Atlantic around 325 BC, reaching Britain and the Baltic; this book collects and translates the references to him and his book (which is lost), and discusses and explains them.

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Dr Lionel Scott is a classically educated retired barrister, whose publications include Were There Polis Navies in Archaic Greece?, BAR Int Series 899 (2000) 93-115, and Historical Commentary on Herodotus Book VI (2005).

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List of maps; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations, citations; Distances and timings; Mini-Biographies; Introduction: Pytheas and his book; The background to Pytheas' voyage; 1 Massilia, trading city; 2 Knowledge of the north; tin and amber; 3 Early voyages; 4 The astronomy background; 5 Carthage and passage through Gibraltar; 6 Pytheas sets off; The Fragments; F1 Aetius III 17.3; F2 Cleomedes I 4 197-231; F3 Cosmas Indopleustes 2.80; F4 Diodorus Siculus 5.21.3-4; F5 Diodorus Siculus 5.22.1-4; F6 Diodorus Siculus 5.23.1, 4; F7 Geminos 6.7-9; F8 Hipparchos Commentary on the Phaenomena of Aratos and Eudoxos 1.4.1; F9 Marcianus of Heracleia Epitome of the Periplus of the Inner Sea by Menippos 1.2Menippus; F10 Martianus Capella De Nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii 6.595; F11 Martianus Capella De Nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii 6.608-9; F12 Mela 3.47-50; F13 Mela 3.54-7; F14 Pliny NH 1.2, 1.4, 1.37; F15 Pliny NH 2.186-7; F16 Pliny NH 2.217; F17 Pliny NH 4.94-7; F18 Pliny NH 4.102; F19 Pliny NH 4.103-4; F20 Pliny NH 6.219; F21 Pliny NH 37.35-6; F22 Schol in Ap Rh 4.761-5a; F23 Steph Byz sv Aelius Herodianus De Pros Cath 3.1.19; F24 Strabo 1.4.2; F25 Strabo 1.4.3-4; F26 Strabo 1.4.5; F27 Strabo 2.1.12; F28 Strabo 2.1.18; F29 Strabo 2.3.5; F30 Strabo 2.4.1-2 = Polyb 34.5.1-13; F31 Strabo 2.5.7-8; F32 Strabo 2.5.41; F33 Strabo 2.5.43; F34 Strabo 3.2.11; F35 Strabo 3.4.4; F36 Strabo 4.2.1; F37 Strabo 4.4.1; F38 Strabo 4.5.5; F39 Strabo 7.3.1; Appendices; Appendix 1 The alleged Massiliot Periplus; Appendix 2 Pytheas' contributions to astronomy; Appendix 3 The word for 'hour'; Appendix 4 Pytheas' amber island(s), with a Note on Germany and Scythia; Appendix 5 The Ost- tribe(s); Appendix 6 Thule and the frozen sea; Appendix 7 Strabo's view of western Europe; Coda; Concordance; Bibliography; List of passages cited; Index