A legendary Greek poet and historian, or in modern usage, a figure associated with knowledge of distant lands or historical accounts of remote regions.
From Aristeas of Proconnesus, an ancient Greek poet whose name derives from Greek 'aristos' meaning 'best' or 'excellent,' and the suffix '-eas.'
The real Aristeas wrote about mysterious lands east of Greece in the 7th century BCE—his account of the Scythians was so fantastical that scholars long debated if he actually traveled there!
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