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Archias son of Anaxidotus from Pella (Greek: Ἀρχίας Ἀναξιδότου Πελλαῖος) was a Macedonian officer and geographer who served as Trierarch under admiral Nearchus. Archias was despatched with a galley of 30 oars, and reached the island of Tylos (Bahrain group). Tylus, Archias reported, was "about a day and a night's sail" from the mouth of Euphrates.

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