Skylax
Role: man of Caryanda · First appears: Book 4 · §42–48
Life events
- Skylax’s expedition reached the place from which the Phenicians had sailed around Libya.(Book 4 · §42–48 · 📍 Caspatyros)
- With: Dareios
- “These starting from the city of Caspatyros and the land of Pactyïke, sailed down the river towards the East and the sunrising to the sea; and then sailing over the sea Westwards they came in the thirtieth month to that place from whence the king of the Egyptians had sent out the Phenicians of whom I spoke before, to sail round Libya.”
Book 4 · §42–48
- with Dareios (Dareios sent Skylax on an expedition.) “sent with ships, besides others whom he trusted to speak the truth, Skylax also, a man of Caryanda.”
Book 5 · §29–35
- friends with Aristagoras “Megabates had bound his guest-friend of Myndos and was doing to him shameful outrage”
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