biography
pronunciation:
[pithias]
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| lived:
| (4th-c BC)
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| biography:
| Mariner, born in Massilia (Marseille), Gaul. He sailed past Spain, Gaul, and the E coast of Britain (c.330 BC), and reached the island of ‘Thule’, six days' sail from N Britain (possibly Iceland). His account of the voyage is lost, but referred to by several later writers. |
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