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EUDOXUS of Cyzicus (fl. c. 130 B.c.), Greek navigator, was employed by Ptolemy Euergetes to command a fleet exploring the Arabian Sea. After two successful voyages, Eudoxus left the Egyptian service, and proceeded to Cadiz to fit out an expedition for African discovery. Strabo says that he made at least two voyages southward along the coast of Africa.

See E. H. Bunbury, Hist. of Ancient Geography, ii. (1879) ; P. Gaffarel, Eudoxe de Cyzique (1873).