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Androsthenes of Thasos

Androsthenes (Ancient Greek: Ἀνδροσθένης; literally meaning: "Man's Strength") of Thasos, son of Callistratus, was one of the admirals of Alexander the Great. He sailed as a trierarch with Nearchus, and was also sent by Alexander down the Euphrates to explore the coast of the Persian Gulf, skirting the coast of Arabia in a triacontor and sailing further than Archias of Pella.[1][2] He wrote an account of this voyage, titled The Navigation of the Indian sea (''Ὁ τῆς Ἰνδικῆς παραπλοῦς).[3][4][5]

  1. ^ Strabo 16.3.2 (see in the Greek source and English translation)
  2. ^ Arrian, The Anabasis of Alexander vii. 20.
  3. ^ Athenaeus iii. p. 93, b.
  4. ^ Theophrastus, On the Causes of Plants ii. 5
  5. ^ Gerardus Vossius, De Historicis Graecis, ed. Wessmann, p. 98.

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