---
name: Pytheas of Massalia
name_greek: Πυθέας ὁ Μασσαλιώτης
eul_aid: hqc
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/authors/pytheas-of-massalia-hqc"
period: Hellenistic
dialect: Ionic
works_count: 1
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Pytheas of Massalia

*Πυθέας ὁ Μασσαλιώτης*

**eul_aid:** `hqc` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/authors/pytheas-of-massalia-hqc)

Pytheas of Massalia, Hellenistic explorer and geographer of the 4th century BCE. Fragments of his writings. Free to download from the Greek library archive.

## Works

- [Fragments on Astronomy and Tides](https://eulogikon.org/works/pytheas-massalia-astronomy-tides-hqc-aa) — *Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Ἀστρονομίας καὶ Παλίρροιας* · `hqc-aa`

## License and provenance

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