One of these texts was authored by a man called Pseudo-Scylax, also known as Scylax of Caryanda, who was employed bythe Perisan king Darius I. Another of these writings known as the Massaliot was preserved by the poet Avienus in his majortome.
One of these texts was authored by a man called Pseudo-Scylax, also known as Scylax of Caryanda, who was employed bythe Perisan king Darius I. Another of these writings known as the Massaliot was preserved by the poet Avienus in his majortome. This term is used to describe the technique by which triremes in open water would try to outflflank the opposing navyand attack them from behind. A more famous example of one of them describes a "marketplace in Azania" called Rhapta anda "Frankincense Country" called the Kingdom of Eleazus, as well as Barygaza in India. That example, written anonymouslyaround 50 CE, is titled after the "Erythraean Sea," whereas one on the "Euxine Sea" was written by Arrian. For 10 points, givethis originally Greek term for a seafarer's manual which details the sights witnessed along the shore of a given body of water, aterm which literally means "sailing around."
One of these texts was authored by a man called Pseudo-Scylax, also known as Scylax of Caryanda, who was employed bythe Perisan king Darius I. Another of these writings known as the Massaliot was preserved by the poet Avienus in his majortome.
periplus [or periplous, prompt on translations of the term, such as "sailing around" or "circumnavigation" or "seafarer's manual;" also prompt on "geographies" or closely related answers prior to the word "trireme"]