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Eudoxus of Cyzicus

Eudoxus of Cyzicus

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    • 130 BC

    Cyzicus, Ancient Greece

    DiedUnknown
    OccupationNavigator
    Known forVoyages to India, African circumnavigation attempt

    Eudoxus of Cyzicus (/ˈjuːdəksəs/; Greek: Εὔδοξος ὁ Κυζικηνός, Eúdoxos ho Kyzikēnós; fl.

    c. 130 BC) was a Greek navigator who explored the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean under the service of Ptolemy VIII, king of the Hellenistic Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt.[1]

    Voyages to India

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    According to Poseidonius, as later reported in Strabo's Geography,[2] Eudoxus of Cyzicus was one of the first Greek navigators to sail across the Indian Ocean using the monsoon wind system.

    The first of his two voyages to India took place in 118 BC and was guided by an Indian sailor who had been rescued in the Red Sea and taken to Ptolemy VIII in Alexandria. Eudoxus returned with a cargo of aromatics and precious stones, prompting a second voyage in