For other uses, see Heraclides

Heraclides

Heraclides , Heracleides or Herakleides may refer to:* Heracleides of Cyme , a little-attested historian* Heraclides of Aenus, one of Plato's students...

Heraclides ,son of Argaeus was an admiral sent by Alexander, shortly before his death, to construct ships on the Caspian Sea

Caspian Sea

The Caspian Sea is the largest enclosed body of water on Earth by area, variously classed as the world's largest lake or a full-fledged sea. The sea has a surface area of and a volume of...

, with a view to a voyage of discovery, similar to that of Nearchus

Nearchus

Nearchus was one of the officers, a navarch, in the army of Alexander the Great. His celebrated voyage from India to Susa after Alexander's expedition in India is preserved in Arrian's account, the Indica....

. Whether the task was ever undertaken or completed is not known. Patrocles

Patrocles (geographer)

For other uses ,see PatroclesPatrocles was a Macedonian general and writer on geographical subjects. He served Seleucus and Antiochus for several decades. After exploring the Caspian Sea, Patrocles concluded that the Caspian was a gulf or inlet that could be entered from the Indian Ocean...

a general of Seleucus I is reported to have undertaken an exploration on the Caspian Sea.