Archias of Pella

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| name =Archias of Pella

| nationality = Macedonian

| occupation = Geographer
Explorer

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Archias, son of Anaxidotus from Pella (Greek: {{lang|grc|Ἀρχίας Ἀναξιδότου Πελλαῖος}}), was a Macedonian officer and geographer who served as Trierarch under Admiral Nearchus. Archias was despatched with a galley of 30 oars, and reached the island of Failaka (Kuwait) and Tylos (Bahrain group). Tylos, Archias reported, was "about a day and a night's sail" from the mouth of the Euphrates.

References

  • Who's Who in the Age of Alexander the Great: Prosopography of Alexander's Empire - Page 42 by Waldemar Heckel {{ISBN|1-4051-1210-7}}
  • Anabasis Alexandri Book Viii Indica Easy: Book VIII (Indica) Page 40 By Arrian {{ISBN|1-4250-0609-4}}
  • Ancient Greek Mariners Page 187 By Walter Woodburn Hyde

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Category:Geographers of Alexander the Great

Category:Ancient Pellaeans

Category:Ancient Greek explorers

Category:4th-century BC Macedonians

Category:Ancient Macedonian geographers

Category:Trierarchs of Nearchus' fleet

Category:Explorers of Arabia

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