On the Hyperboreans may have been inspired by Pytheas is not known.

Elton (1890) summarises the method of dating as:

"The exact date cannot be ascertained, but is found approximately by the facts that the astronomical discoveries of Pytheas were not mentioned by Aristotle, but were controverted on some points by Dicaearchus, the pupil of Aristotle, whose writings were published not long after the famous philosopher's death."

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