Pitej

Pitej iz Masilije (starogrčkiu Πυθέας ὁ Μασσαλιώτης), 4. vijek pne., bio je starogrčki geograf i istraživač iz grčke kolonije Masilija (današnji Marseille). Poznat je po tome što je oko godine 325. pne. plovio na sjeverozapad Evrope te posjetio mnoge dijelove današnje Velike Britanije. Neka od njegovoh zapažanja se često tumače kao prvi historijski zapis o Stonehengeu. Pitej je, međutim prvi koji je opisao fenomen tzv. ponoćnog sunca,^[1] polarni led, naveo ime Britannia^[2] i germanska plemena te u geografske špekulacije prvi uveo koncept udaljene zemlje "Thule". Njegovi zapisi su prvi koji navode da Mjesec izaziva plime i oseke.

Napomene

Literatura

Novija

• Chevallier, R. (1984). „The Greco-Roman Conception of the North from Pytheas to Tacitus”. Arctic 37 (4): 341–346. 
• Cunliffe, Barry (2002). The Extraordinary Voyage of Pytheas the Greek: The Man Who Discovered Britain (Revised ed.). Walker & Co, Penguin. ISBN 0-8027-1393-9. 
• Frye, John; Harriet Frye (1985). North to Thule: an imagined narrative of the famous "lost" sea voyage of Pytheas of Massalia in the fourth century B.C. Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill. ISBN 978-0-912697-20-8. 
• Hawkes, C.F.C. (1977). Pytheas: Europe and the Greek Explorers. Oxford: Blackwell, Classics Department for the Board of Management of the Myres Memorial Fund. 090356307X. 
• Roller, Duane W. (2006). Through the Pillars of Herakles: Greco-Roman Exploration of the Atlantic. London, New York: Routledge. ISBN 9780415372879. 
• Roseman, Christina Horst (1994). Pytheas of Massilia: On the ocean: Text, translation and commentary. Ares Publishing. ISBN 0-89005-545-9. 
• Stefansson, Vilhjalmur (1940). Ultima Thule: further mysteries of the Arctic. New York: Macmillan Co. 

Starija

• Burton, Richard F. (1875). Ultima Thule; or, A Summer in Iceland. London and Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo.  Downloadable Google Books.
• Markham, Clements R. (1898). „Pytheas, The Discoverer of Britain”. The Geographical Journal (London: The Royal Geographical Society) 1 (6).  Downloadable Google Books.
• Tozer, Henry Fanshawe (1897). History of Ancient Geography. Cambridge: University Press.  Downloadable Google Books.

Eksterni linkovi

• Darbyshire, Adrian (08. 4. 2008.). „Pytheas visited the Isle of Man in 300 BC - claim” (html). Isle of Man Today. Pristupljeno 06. 11. 2008. 
• Engels, Andre. „Pytheas” (htm). Discoverer's Web. Technische Universiteit Eindhoven. Arhivirano iz originala na datum 2008-09-18. Pristupljeno 20. 09. 2008. 
• Gill, N.S. (2008). „The Extraordinary Voyage of Pytheas the Greek, The Man Who Discovered Britain: Review of Barry Cunliffe's Account of Pytheas” (htm). about.com:Ancient/Classical History. Arhivirano iz originala na datum 2008-08-21. Pristupljeno 20. 09. 2008.  See also review by Anthony Snodgrass in TLS 14 December 2001 p 7.
• „Pytheas” (html). Encyclopedia Britannica. Love to Know. 1911. Pristupljeno 06. 11. 2008. 
• „The Northern Lights Route: The Voyage of Pytheas to Thule” (html). University Library of Tromsø. 1999. Pristupljeno 05. 11. 2008.