Greek colony in Iceland

Pytheas of Massalia was a famous greek sailor who traversed much of the Mediterranean and western European coast. he allegedly found a country called Thule this land is believed by some historians to be Iceland.

Your challenge is to have greeks settle in this far northern land.

If its possible explain how, if not explain why not.
 
You must have read a failed TL of mine haven't you?

though I can find no solution for Greeks to settle there, the logistics for them to even get there would be enormous let alone stay. And why would they even want to either?
 
I don't see Greeks colonising Iceland. It is far from known civilised centers and there is not anything worth of that. How Greeks even would supply themselves there? No food sources, no trees. Nothing useful. Only thing what they can eat is fish.
 
I don't see Greeks colonising Iceland. It is far from known civilised centers and there is not anything worth of that. How Greeks even would supply themselves there? No food sources, no trees. Nothing useful. Only thing what they can eat is fish.

There would've been trees in Iceland during the Roman Warm Period, when the climate was comparable to the Medieval Warm Period when Iceland was settled. Greeks could've found something which grows there and scraped out a living, although in Late Antiquity the warm period would end and Iceland would become much harsher.

But that ignores the problem that Greeks have no reason to go to Iceland to begin with. Besides, there's other uninhabited islands around Europe to settle in, far more pleasant ones like Madeira.
 
Say you have the warm, welcoming lands of the Mediterranean open to colonization, the rich, fertile soils of France between, the ore rich mountains of the Balkans right next door. If you even consider moving to Britain or Iceland when those are all there, you're absolutely mad.
 
If its possible explain how, if not explain why not.
Far too distant from Greek Gaul, far too inhospitable, far too uninteresting given the lack of resources.

The period of large autonomous settlement is way past for what matter Greeks at this point, being largely the result of political disorders in Archaic Greece. You had, admittedly, the practice of settlement within Hellenistic kingdoms, in order to provide with recruitment polls (as Roman coloni were), but Massalia had trouble just fending off Celto-Ligurians confederacies (as Salyes') so conquering its way in Gaul and Britain up to Iceland seems really far-fetched.
 
Well, for one, Greek colonization was over by the time Pytheas made his journey to the north.

Greeks still founded cities, but these were mostly colonies of verterans established by Hellenic kings. We all know which Greek king was ambitious enough to even go to Iceland - but why should it until he conquered all fertile lands of this world?
 
Well, for one, Greek colonization was over by the time Pytheas made his journey to the north.

Greeks still founded cities, but these were mostly colonies of verterans established by Hellenic kings. We all know which Greek king was ambitious enough to even go to Iceland - but why should it until he conquered all fertile lands of this world?
If someone made a timeline based around Leonidas and his 300 going to Iceland to set up New Sparta I think altwikia would implode from jealousy of a more ridiculous timeline.

But... if it's even possible... GO FOR IT!
 
If someone made a timeline based around Leonidas and his 300 going to Iceland to set up New Sparta I think altwikia would implode from jealousy of a more ridiculous timeline.

But... if it's even possible... GO FOR IT!

For Spartans had good land to capturing much closer than Iceland.
 
If someone made a timeline based around Leonidas and his 300 going to Iceland to set up New Sparta I think altwikia would implode from jealousy of a more ridiculous timeline.

But... if it's even possible... GO FOR IT!

I'd hope a few of those 300 Spartans were crossdressers so the colony wouldn't die out in a generation. But hey, even Spartan men feared Spartan women.
 
(Apologies for any implausibilities here, Classical Greece is not my field of expertise).

Greece falls to Persia, at the same time Phoenicia, for one reason or another, can no longer bar the Straights of Gibraltar. Existing colonies expand and new ones are founded rapidly, including some on the Atlantic coast (not very sure on this, Mediterranean ships often struggled in the Atlantic, perhaps they adapt over generations, or learn from the locals). More Greeks are involved in North Sea commerce, including some who decide to go to this mysterious place where Amber comes from, eventually, Iceland is discovered by traders blown off course or (probably more likely) a Strabo-type expedition. This is probably about the last place on Earth most Greeks would fathom fleeing to, maybe a fringe religious movement in this thoroughly-altered world? They might not be especially Greek anymore, but I figure you need them on the same side of the continent for this to be conceivable.

Alternatively, A Greek state takes the place of Rome, attaining a similar size, most importantly, including Britannia, my inclination is that even with a Greek *Roman Empire, the more nautically-inclined Greeks explore further than Rome did, including into the North Atlantic.
 
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