[gothic-l] Question about Pytheas

[andreas.schwarcz at UNIVIE.AC.AT]

Dear Dirk,
Pytheas and his work "About the Ocean" do not say anything 
about the Goths. This first Greek report about a voyage to the 
Baltic is furthermore only known to us by fragments in the works of 
other Greek and Latin authors, and a critical comparison of Plinius, 
who cites Pytheas and names the Goths, and Apollonios of 
Rhodios, who is by far the oldest author with citations of Pytheas, 
shows that Pytheas only named the Lugii, cf. Dieter Stichtenoth, 
Pytheas von Marseille, Über das Weltmeer. Köln, Graz 1959, 
pp.32-34.
Kind regards
                Andreas   
Ao.Univ.Prof.Dr.Andreas Schwarcz
Institut für österreichische Geschichtsforschung
Universität Wien
Dr.Karl Lueger-Ring 1
A-1010 Wien
Österreich
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