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Jun 6, 2023 · Pytheas of Massalia, a geographer from the Greek colony of Massalia, the modern-day city of Marseille in southern France, was the first Greek to have been known to visit Great Britain.
The first known Greek to come to Britain was Pytheas who lived in late 4th and early 3rd centuries BC.
The first known written use of the word Britain was an ancient Greek transliteration of the original P-Celtic term. It is believed to have appeared within a periplus by Pytheas, but no copies of this work survive.
The first known Greek to come to Britain was Pytheas (Greek: Πυθέας). He reported its name as Pretannia, which became Britannia, it is assumed that its Hellenised version was under Diodorus. It may have been used by some of the local peoples where Pytheas landed to themselves -Pretani.
The first traces of Greeks in Britain were from the Mycenaean Civilization, era 1600 BC to 1100 BC; who arrived in Britain as traders or soldiers. Eventually they spread through the Mediterranean and Europe.
