Eudoxus of cyzicus biography of albert

Greek navigator and geographer

Not to be confused with Eudoxus of Cnidus.

Eudoxus of Cyzicus (YOO-dək-səs; Greek: Εὔδοξος ὁ Κυζικηνός, romanized: Eúdoxos ho Kyzikēnós; fl.c. 130 BC) was a Greeknavigator who explored the Arabian Sea for Ptolemy VIII, king of the HellenisticPtolemaic dynasty in Egypt.

Voyages to India

According to Poseidonius, later reported in Strabo's Geography,^[1] the monsoon wind system of the Indian Ocean was first sailed by Eudoxus of Cyzicus in 118 or 116 BC.

Poseidonius said a shipwrecked sailor from India had been rescued in the Red Sea and taken to Ptolemy VIII in Alexandria. The unnamed Indian offered to guide Greek navigators to India.

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Ptolemy appointed Eudoxus of Cyzicus, who made two voyages from Egypt to India. The first, in 118 BC, was guided by the Indian sailor. After Eudoxus returned with a cargo of aromatics and precious stones a second voyage was undertaken in 116 BC.

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