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Eudoxus of Cyzicus (/ ˈ juː d ə k s ə s / YOO-dək-səs; Greek: Εὔδοξος ὁ Κυζικηνός, romanized: Eúdoxos ho Kyzikēnós; fl. c. 130 BC) was a Greek navigator who explored the Arabian Sea for Ptolemy VIII, king of the Hellenistic Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt.
Eudoxus, son of Aeschines, was born and died in Cnidus (also transliterated Knidos), a city on the southwest coast of Anatolia. [3] The years of Eudoxus' birth and death are not fully known but Diogenes Laërtius gave several biographical details, mentioned that Apollodorus said he reached his acme in the 103rd Olympiad (368– 365 BC), and claimed he died in his 53rd year.
Cyzicus (/ ˈ s ɪ z ɪ k ə s / SIZ-ik ... Eudoxus of Cyzicus, 130 BC, navigator and explorer. Proclus of Constantinople, appointed metropolitan of Cyzicus in 5th ...
Callippus was born at Cyzicus, and studied under Eudoxus of Cnidus at the Academy of Plato. He also worked with Aristotle at the Lyceum, which means that he was active in Athens prior to Aristotle's death in 322 BC. He observed the movements of the planets and attempted to use Eudoxus' scheme of connected spheres to account for their movements.
King Cyzicus is sometimes referred to as a Thessalian migrant (hence his hospitality to the Argonauts, many of whom hailed from Thessaly, including Jason himself). The name Aeneus recalls the Thracian city of Aenus , although Aeneus is said to be the son of Apollo and Stilbe , a daughter of the Thessalian River Peneus . [ 3 ]
Eudoxus may refer to: Eudoxus of Cnidus (c. 395–390 BC – c. 342–337 BC), Greek astronomer and mathematician, student of Plato Eudoxus of Cyzicus ( fl. c. 130 BC), Greek navigator who explored the Arabian Sea for Ptolemy VIII of Egypt
Athenian naval strategy at the battle of Cyzicus: Alcibiades' decoy force draws the Spartan fleet out into open water, and then turns about to engage them. Squadrons commanded by Thrasybulus and Theramenes move in behind the Spartan ships, to cut off their line of retreat, trapping the Spartans between three groups of Athenian warships, a much ...
Hippalus is credited by the Periplus of the Erythreaen Sea as the first to discover the passage from the Red Sea to India over the Indian Ocean. Hippalus (Ancient Greek: Ἵππαλος) was a Greek navigator and merchant who probably lived in the 1st century BCE.