Pytheas

/ ˈpɪθɪəs /

noun

1. Pytheas4th century bc4th century bcMGreekTRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: navigator 4th century bc , Greek navigator. He was the first Greek to visit and describe the coasts of Spain, France, and the British Isles and may have reached Iceland

Example Sentences

Pytheas is the source of some scanty information respecting Ierne and Thule.

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To this Demosthenes made the bitter retort, “My lamp, Pytheas, sees very different work from yours.”

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Many of the other orators ridiculed him for this, and Pytheas in derision said that his arguments smelt of the lamp.

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I find no mention whatever of the sculptor Pytheas of Argos.

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And Pytheas detected the smell of the midnight oil in the very perfection of the speeches.

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