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Euthymenes, the Glossary

Euthymenes of Massalia (Εὐθυμένης ὁ Μασσαλιώτης Euthymenēs ho Massaliōtēs; fl. early sixth century BCE) was a Greek explorer from Massalia (modern Marseille), who explored the coast of West Africa as far, apparently, as a great river, of which the outflow made the sea at its mouth fresh or brackish.^[1]

12 relations: Auguste Ottin, Etesian, Marseille, Massalia, Naturales quaestiones, Nile, Oceanus, Palais de la Bourse (Marseille), Pseudo-Plutarch, Pytheas, Seneca the Younger, Senegal River.
Ancient Greek explorers
Ancient Greeks in Africa
Ancient Massaliotes

Auguste Ottin

Auguste-Louis-Marie Jenks Ottin (1811–1890) was a French academic sculptor and recipient of the decoration of the Legion of Honor.

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Etesian

The etesians (or; periodic winds; sometimes found in the Latin form etesiae), meltemia (μελτέμια; pl. of μελτέμι meltemi), or meltem (Turkish) are the strong, dry north winds of the Aegean Sea, which blow periodically from about mid-May to mid-September.

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Marseille

Marseille or Marseilles (Marseille; Marselha; see below) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region.

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Massalia

Massalia was an ancient Greek colony (apoikia) on the Mediterranean coast, east of the Rhône.

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Naturales quaestiones

Naturales quaestiones (Natural Questions) is a Latin work of natural philosophy written by Seneca around 65 AD.

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Nile

The Nile (also known as the Nile River) is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa.

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Oceanus

In Greek mythology, Oceanus (Ὠκεανός, also Ὠγενός, Ὤγενος, or Ὠγήν) was a Titan son of Uranus and Gaia, the husband of his sister the Titan Tethys, and the father of the river gods and the Oceanids, as well as being the great river which encircled the entire world.

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Palais de la Bourse (Marseille)

The Palais de la Bourse is a building on the Canebière in Marseille, France.

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Pseudo-Plutarch

Pseudo-Plutarch is the conventional name given to the actual, but unknown, authors of a number of pseudepigrapha (falsely attributed works) attributed to Plutarch but now known to have not been written by him.

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Pytheas

Pytheas of Massalia (Ancient Greek: Πυθέας ὁ Μασσαλιώτης Pythéās ho Massaliōtēs; Latin: Pytheas Massiliensis; born 350 BC, 320–306 BC) was a Greek geographer, explorer and astronomer from the Greek colony of Massalia (modern-day Marseille, France). Euthymenes and Pytheas are ancient Greek explorers and ancient Massaliotes.

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Seneca the Younger

Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger (AD 65), usually known mononymously as Seneca, was a Stoic philosopher of Ancient Rome, a statesman, dramatist, and in one work, satirist, from the post-Augustan age of Latin literature.

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Senegal River

The Senegal River (Dexug Senegaal, Nahr as-Siniġāl, Fleuve Sénégal) is a river in West Africa; much of its length marks part of the border between Senegal and Mauritania.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euthymenes