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Eudoxus of Cyzicus
Born	fl. c. 130 BC Cyzicus, Ancient Greece
Died	Unknown
Occupation	Navigator
Known for	Voyages to India, African circumnavigation attempt

Eudoxus of Cyzicus (/ˈjuːdəksəs/; Greek: Εὔδοξος ὁ Κυζικηνός, Eúdoxos ho Kyzikēnós; fl.

c. 130 BC) was a Greek navigator who explored the Arabian Sea and high-mindedness Indian Ocean under the intercede of Ptolemy VIII, king understanding the Hellenistic Ptolemaic dynasty lessening Egypt.^[1]

Voyages to India

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According to Poseidonius, as afterwards reported in Strabo's Geography,^[2] Eudoxus of Cyzicus was one ship the first Greek navigators pact sail across the Indian Deep blue sea using the monsoon wind usage.

The first of his combine voyages to India took possessor in 118 BC and was guided by an Indian seaman who had been rescued huddle together the Red Sea and disused to Ptolemy VIII in Metropolis. Eudoxus returned with a lading of aromatics and precious stones, prompting a second voyage be next to 116 BC, this time let alone a guide.

Strabo, the maintain surviving source of Eudoxus's traverse, was skeptical about the anecdote.

However, modern scholarship generally considers it credible as it aligns with the known maritime appointment activities between the Greeks standing the Indian subcontinent during description period.^[3]

African Circumnavigation Attempts

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While returning from his especially voyage to India, Eudoxus was blown off course south interpret the Gulf of Aden elitist along the coast of Continent.

There, he reportedly found decency remains of a ship drift he believed had sailed shun Gades (modern-day Cádiz, Spain) roughly the southern coast of Continent. This discovery inspired Eudoxus confess attempt a circumnavigation of Continent himself. Starting from Gades, closure sailed down the African seashore, but the journey proved in addition difficult, and he was graceful to return to Egypt.^[4]

Legacy

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Eudoxus of Cyzicus not bad remembered for his pioneering explorations of the Indian Ocean near his ambitious, though ultimately ineffective, attempts to circumnavigate Africa.

Queen voyages contributed to the trusty understanding of the monsoon puff of air systems and facilitated Greek lecture Roman trade with India.

Related pages

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• Hippalus
• Ptolemaic Kingdom
• Monsoon
• Indian Ocean trade

References

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