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Thessaly or Thessalia (Attic Greek: Θεσσαλία, Thessalía or Θετταλία, Thettalía [1]) was one of the traditional regions of Ancient Greece. During the Mycenaean period , Thessaly was known as Aeolia, a name that continued to be used for one of the major tribes of Greece, the Aeolians , and their dialect of Greek, Aeolic .
Aeniania (Greek: Αἰνιανία) or Ainis (Greek: Αἰνίς) was a small district to the south of Thessaly (which it was sometimes considered part of). [2] The regions of Aeniania and Oetaea were closely linked, both occupying the valley of the Spercheios river, with Aeniania occupying the lower ground to the north, and Oetaea the higher ground south of the river.
Thessaly is named after the Thessaloi, an ancient Greek tribe.The meaning of the name of this tribe is unknown, and many theories have been made about its etymology. According to the Dutch linguist Robert S. P. Beekes, the name predates Greek presence in the region and could come from the Pre-Greek form reconstructed as *Kʷʰeťťa
Map of the regions of ancient Central Greece. Achaea Phthiotis (Ancient Greek: Ἀχαΐα Φθιῶτις, lit. 'Achaea of Phthia') or simply Phthiotis (Φθιῶτις) was a historical region of Thessaly, in ancient Greece. It lay in southeastern Thessaly, between Mount Othrys and the northern shore of the Pagasetic Gulf. [1]
[20] [21] Despite continued raids by the Bulgarians and Saracen pirates—Demetrias was sacked by Damian of Tarsus in 902 and Thessaly and much of Central Greece devastated by Bulgarian raids in 918 and 923–926 [22] —Thessaly, and Greece in general, recovered gradually after Byzantine control was firmly re-established, and there are signs ...
In Greek mythology Phthia (/ ˈ θ aɪ ə /; Ancient Greek: Φθία or Φθίη Phthía, Phthíē) was a city or district in ancient Thessaly. [1] It is frequently mentioned in Homer's Iliad as the home of the Myrmidons, the contingent led by Achilles in the Trojan War.
O: laureate head of Zeus R: Phrixos flying on ram, AΛEΩN This bronze dichalkon was struck in Halos in 3rd century BC. Halos (Ancient Greek: Ἅλος), Latinised as Halus, was a town and polis [1] in the region of Achaea Phthiotis in ancient Thessaly, on the west side of the Pagasetic Gulf.
In antiquity, Iolcus was situated in Magnesia, ancient Thessaly, and was a polis (city-state). [8] It is rarely mentioned in historical times. It was given by the Thessalians to Hippias, upon his expulsion from Athens in 511/510 BCE, but he rejected it. [9] It is also quoted in the Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax as a city belonging to Magnesia. [10]