Androsthenes ( grc, Ἀνδροσθένης; literally meaning: "Man's Strength") of

Thasos Thasos or Thassos ( el, Θάσος, ''Thásos'') is a Greek island in the North Aegean Sea. It is the northernmost major Greek island, and 12th largest by area. The island has an area of and a population of about 13,000. It forms a separate r ...

, son of Callistratus, was one of the admirals of

Alexander the Great Alexander III of Macedon ( grc, Ἀλέξανδρος, Alexandros; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon. He succeeded his father Philip II to ...

. He sailed as a

trierarch Trierarch ( gr, τριήραρχος, triērarchos) was the title of officers who commanded a trireme (''triēres'') in the classical Greek world. In Classical Athens, the title was associated with the trierarchy (τριηραρχία, ''triēr ...

with Nearchus, and was also sent by Alexander down the Euphrates to explore the coast of the

Persian Gulf The Persian Gulf ( fa, خلیج فارس, translit=xalij-e fârs, lit=Gulf of Fars, ), sometimes called the ( ar, اَلْخَلِيْجُ ٱلْعَرَبِيُّ, Al-Khalīj al-ˁArabī), is a mediterranean sea in Western Asia. The bod ...

, skirting the coast of Arabia in a triacontor and sailing farther than Archias of Pella. He wrote an account of this voyage, titled ''The Navigation of the Indian sea'' ().

Gerardus Vossius Gerrit Janszoon Vos (March or April 1577, Heidelberg – 19 March 1649, Amsterdam), often known by his Latin name Gerardus Vossius, was a Dutch classical scholar and theologian. Life He was the son of Johannes (Jan) Vos, a Protestant from the Ne ...

, ''De Historicis Graecis'', ed. Wessmann, p. 98.

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* Trierarchs of Nearchus' fleet Geographers of Alexander the Great Admirals of Alexander the Great Ancient Thasians Settlers in Amphipolis Ancient Greek geographers Ancient Greek explorers 4th-century BC Greek people Historians who accompanied Alexander the Great Explorers of Arabia 4th-century BC geographers {{AncientGreece-bio-stub