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We know that Norse settlers came to Iceland in the ninth century, and that Irish monks likely lived on the island before that. However, new research suggests that the ancient Greeks discovered the northern island before the year 300 BC.
Andrew Breeze, a lecturer in the University of Navarra’s Department of Philology, says “the Greeks not only reached India with Alexander the Great, but also discovered Iceland with the explorer Pytheas”. In the latest issue of
The Housman Society Journal, this expert in historical linguistics attempts to pinpoint the mythical island of Thule, discovered by the Greek explorer and geographer Pytheas.
Εθνικός Κήρυξ 2/24/2021 TNH Staff
PAMPLONA, SPAIN – “The Greeks not only reached India with Alexander the Great, but also discovered Iceland with the explorer Pytheas,” said Dr. Andrew Breeze, lecturer in the University of Navarra s Department of Philology, in a university news release dated February 18. Using methods of textual criticism, in an article in the latest issue of The Housman Society Journal, this expert in historical linguistics attempts to pinpoint the mythical island of Thule, discovered by the Greek explorer and geographer Pytheas some time before 300 BC. If Dr. Breeze s claim is true, the Greeks discovered Iceland a thousand years before the Vikings did.