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The Commerce and Navigation of the Erythræan Sea: Being a Translation of the Periplus Maris Erythræi, by an Anonymous Writer, and of Arrian's Account of the Voyage of Nearkhos, from the Mouth of the Indus to the Head of the Persian Gulf

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The Commerce and Navigation of the Erythræan Sea: Being a Translation of the Periplus Maris Erythræi, by an Anonymous Writer, and of Arrian's Account of the Voyage of Nearkhos, from the Mouth of the Indus to the Head of the Persian Gulf

Classical geography; Geography, Ancient; India -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800; Indian Ocean Region -- Commerce -- History

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                  |  Modern   | Distance |         |
   Ancient name.  |   name.   |    in    | Lat. N. | Long. E.
                  |           |  Stadia. |         |
  ----------------+-----------+----------+---------+---------
  1. Kataderbis R.|    ...    |    500   | 30° 16´ | 49°
                  |           |          |         |
  2. Margastana Is.|           |          |         |
                  |           |          |         |
  3. Anchorage    |    ...    |    600   |         |
     unnamed.     |           |          |         |
                  |           |          |         |
  4. Diridôtis,   | Near Jebel|    900   | 30° 12´ | 47° 35´
    the end of the|   Sanâm.  |          |         |
    sea voyage.   |           |          |         |
  ----------------+-----------+----------+---------+--------




TRANSLATION.


XVIII. When the fleet formed for Alexander upon the banks of the
Hydaspes was now ready, he provided crews for the vessels by collecting
all the Phœnikians and all the Kyprians and Egyptians who had followed
him in his Eastern campaigns, and from these he selected such as
were skilled in seamanship to manage the vessels and work the oars.
He had besides in his army not a few islanders familiar with that
kind of work, and also natives both of Ionia and of the Hellespont.
The following officers he appointed as Commanders of the different
galleys[33]:—

Makedonians.

  Citizens of Pella.

  1. Hephaistiôn, son of Amyntor.
  2. Leonnatos, son of Anteas.
  3. Lysimakhos, son of Agathoklês.
  4. Asklepiodôros, son of Timander.
  5. Arkhôn, son of Kleinias.
  6. Demonikos, son of Athenaios.
  7. Arkhias, son of Anaxidotos.
  8. Ophellas, son of Seilênos.
  9. Timanthês, son of Pantiadês.

  Of Amphipolis.

  10. Nearkhos, son of Androtîmos, who wrote a narrative of the voyage.
  11. Laomedôn, son of Larikhos.
  12. Androsthenês, son of Kallistratos.

  Of Oresis.

  13. Krateros, son of Alexander.
  14. Perdikkas, son of Orontes.

  Of Eördaia.

  15. Ptolemaios, son of Lagos.
  16. Aristonous, son of Peisaios.

  Of Pydna.

  17. Metrôn, son of Epikharmos.
  18. Nikarkhidês, son of Simos.

  Of Stymphaia.

  19. Attalos, son of Andromenês.

  Of Mieza.

  20. Peukestas, son of Alexander.

  Of Alkomenai.

  21. Peithôn, son of Krateuas.

  Of Aigai.

  22. Leonnatos, son of Antipater.

  Of Alôros.

  23. Pantoukhos, son of Nikolaös.

  Of Beroia.

  24. Mylleas, son of Zôilos.

  All these were Makedonians.

  Greeks,—of Larisa:

  25. Mêdios, son of Oxynthemis.

  Of Kardia.

  26. Eumenês, son of Hierônymos.

  Of Kôs.

  27. Kritoboulos, son of Plato.

  Of Magnêsia.

  28. Thoas, son of Mênodôros.
  29. Maiander, son of Mandrogenês.

  Of Teos.

  30. Andrôn, son of Kabêlas.

  Of Soloi in Cyprus.

  31. Nikokleês, son of Pasikratês.

  Of Salamis in Cyprus.

  32. Nithaphôn, son of Pnutagoras.

  A Persian was also appointed as a Trierarch.

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The Commerce and Navigation of the Erythræan Sea: Being a Translation of the Periplus Maris Erythræi, by an Anonymous Writer, and of Arrian's Account of the Voyage of Nearkhos, from the Mouth of the Indus to the Head of the Persian Gulf

Classical geography; Geography, Ancient; India -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800; Indian Ocean Region -- Commerce -- History

----------------+-----------+----------+---------+---------
                  |  Modern   | Distance |         |
   Ancient name.  |   name.   |    in    | Lat. N. | Long. E.
                  |           |  Stadia. |         |
  ----------------+-----------+----------+---------+---------
  1. Kataderbis R.|    ...    |    500   | 30° 16´ | 49°
                  |           |          |         |
  2. Margastana Is.|           |          |         |
                  |           |          |         |
  3. Anchorage    |    ...    |    600   |         |
     unnamed.     |           |          |         |
                  |           |          |         |
  4. Diridôtis,   | Near Jebel|    900   | 30° 12´ | 47° 35´
    the end of the|   Sanâm.  |          |         |
    sea voyage.   |           |          |         |
  ----------------+-----------+----------+---------+--------




TRANSLATION.


XVIII. When the fleet formed for Alexander upon the banks of the
Hydaspes was now ready, he provided crews for the vessels by collecting
all the Phœnikians and all the Kyprians and Egyptians who had followed
him in his Eastern campaigns, and from these he selected such as
were skilled in seamanship to manage the vessels and work the oars.
He had besides in his army not a few islanders familiar with that
kind of work, and also natives both of Ionia and of the Hellespont.
The following officers he appointed as Commanders of the different
galleys[33]:—

Makedonians.

  Citizens of Pella.

  1. Hephaistiôn, son of Amyntor.
  2. Leonnatos, son of Anteas.
  3. Lysimakhos, son of Agathoklês.
  4. Asklepiodôros, son of Timander.
  5. Arkhôn, son of Kleinias.
  6. Demonikos, son of Athenaios.
  7. Arkhias, son of Anaxidotos.
  8. Ophellas, son of Seilênos.
  9. Timanthês, son of Pantiadês.

  Of Amphipolis.

  10. Nearkhos, son of Androtîmos, who wrote a narrative of the voyage.
  11. Laomedôn, son of Larikhos.
  12. Androsthenês, son of Kallistratos.

  Of Oresis.

  13. Krateros, son of Alexander.
  14. Perdikkas, son of Orontes.

  Of Eördaia.

  15. Ptolemaios, son of Lagos.
  16. Aristonous, son of Peisaios.

  Of Pydna.

  17. Metrôn, son of Epikharmos.
  18. Nikarkhidês, son of Simos.

  Of Stymphaia.

  19. Attalos, son of Andromenês.

  Of Mieza.

  20. Peukestas, son of Alexander.

  Of Alkomenai.

  21. Peithôn, son of Krateuas.

  Of Aigai.

  22. Leonnatos, son of Antipater.

  Of Alôros.

  23. Pantoukhos, son of Nikolaös.

  Of Beroia.

  24. Mylleas, son of Zôilos.

  All these were Makedonians.

  Greeks,—of Larisa:

  25. Mêdios, son of Oxynthemis.

  Of Kardia.

  26. Eumenês, son of Hierônymos.

  Of Kôs.

  27. Kritoboulos, son of Plato.

  Of Magnêsia.

  28. Thoas, son of Mênodôros.
  29. Maiander, son of Mandrogenês.

  Of Teos.

  30. Andrôn, son of Kabêlas.

  Of Soloi in Cyprus.

  31. Nikokleês, son of Pasikratês.

  Of Salamis in Cyprus.

  32. Nithaphôn, son of Pnutagoras.

  A Persian was also appointed as a Trierarch.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

The Commerce and Navigation of the Erythræan Sea: Being a Translation of the Periplus Maris Erythræi, by an Anonymous Writer, and of Arrian's Account of the Voyage of Nearkhos, from the Mouth of the Indus to the Head of the Persian Gulf

The Commerce and Navigation of the Erythræan Sea: Being a Translation of the Periplus Maris Erythræi, by an Anonymous Writer, and of Arrian's Account of the Voyage of Nearkhos, from the Mouth of the Indus to the Head of the Persian Gulf

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