4th-century BCE Greek military commander, admiral of Alexander the Great
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Nearchus or Nearchos (Greek: Νέαρχος; c. 360 – 300 BC) was one of the Greek officers, a navarch, in the army of Alexander the Great. He is known for his celebrated expeditionary voyage starting from the Indus River, through the Persian Gulf and ending at the mouth of the Tigris River following the Indian campaign of Alexander the Great, in 326–324 BC.
so depending on when Androtimus came to Macedonia Nearchus was quite possibly born in Crete. Nearchus, along with Ptolemy, Erigyius and Laomedon, and Harpalus...
philosopher Zeno of Elea, whom Nearchus tortured and, according to some sources, executed for having conspired against Nearchus's regime. Diodorus Siculus X...
Nearchus or Nearch (also written Neärchus or Neärch) was a third-century AD Armenian martyr and saint. He was a Roman army officer and friend of Polyeuctus...
Seleucus) Ptolemy I Soter 334 BC Simmias Proteas Hegelochus Amphoterus Nearchus Archon of Pella Archias of Pella Aristonous of Pella Asclepiodorus Craterus...
retrospectively to validate Heracles' parentage. On Alexander's death Nearchus, who was then son-in-law of Barsine, advocated for Heracles' inheritance...
bosmoran (possibly the pearl millet), and Nearchus wrote of "honey-yielding reeds" (presumably the sugarcane). Nearchus also mentions that Indians wore clothes...
journey of Alexander's fleet after the Indian Campaign (325 BC), Admiral Nearchus is quoted as having anchored by an island named 'Carnine'. It was said...
of the length of its perimeter, which measures 846 metres (2,776 ft). Nearchus, an admiral of Alexander the Great, described a large specimen on the banks...
time by Dr.Mohammad Ajam". Nearchus (2013). "The Voyage of Nearchus from the Indus to the Euphrates". The Voyage of Nearchus. 1 (1). "DZ – Livius". www...
that Alexander gave the daughter of Barsine and Mentor in marriage to Nearchus at the Susa weddings. It is probable that the relationship of Barsine and...
Alexander's campaign historian Callisthenes; Alexander's generals Ptolemy and Nearchus; Aristobulus, a junior officer on the campaigns; and Onesicritus, Alexander's...
Nearchus (Greek: Νέαρχος, Nearchos; fl. 234 BC) was a ruler of the Greek city of Orchomenus in Arcadia. He was probably a tyrant and is known only from...
better bride for him. Philip exiled four of Alexander's friends, Harpalus, Nearchus, Ptolemy and Erigyius, and had the Corinthians bring Thessalus to him in...
Aria and Parapanisidae as western borders of India. According to Arrian, Nearchus mentions a race called Ichthyophagi ("fish-eaters") as inhabiting the barren...
Greater Phrygia, whereas Justin has Nearchus receiving both of them. This is possibly another mistake by Justin; Nearchus was satrap of Lycia and Pamphylia...
in what is now southwestern Iran. The southern Mardi are described by Nearchus as one of the four predatory mountain peoples of the southwest, along with...
Middle East and China, sugar became a staple of cooking and desserts. Nearchus, admiral of Alexander the Great, knew of sugar during the year 325 BC,...
Alexander the Great commissioned Nearchus to set off on an expeditionary voyage to the Sea of Oman and the Persian Gulf. Nearchus's writings on Arakata contain...
classical Greek and Latin for "of India". Indica (Arrian), Arrian's account of Nearchus' voyage from India Indica (Ctesias), a recording of the beliefs of the...
to his invasion of Asia in 335 BC. Alexander's three finest admirals, Nearchus, Androsthenes and Laomedon, resided in Amphipolis. After Alexander's death...
of pearl trading, when the Greek admiral Nearchus serving under Alexander the Great landed on Bahrain. Nearchus is believed to have been the first of Alexander's...
was Susa in 323 BC. Calanus is mentioned also by Alexander's admiral, Nearchus and Chares of Mytilene. He did not flinch as he burnt to the astonishment...
Nearchus, reaches Susa at around the same time. The first known reference to sugar cane appears in writings by Alexander the Great's admiral Nearchus...
Scylax of Caryanda who sailed to India, the navarch of Alexander the Great Nearchus, Megasthenes, explorer of India, later the 6th century merchant and monk...
Chandragupta or circumstances related to him; these include works written by Nearchus, Onesicritus, Aristobulus of Cassandreia, Strabo, Megasthenes, Diodorus...
of Muscat. Similarly, Arrianus references Omana and Moscha in Voyage of Nearchus. Interpretations of Arrianus' work by William Vincent and Jean Baptiste...
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