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Dodona
Dodona was a city in Epeirus. The city was famous for its forest of oak trees that had oracular power. Oracles were gained through interpretations ...
By Jimmy Joe
Ambracia
Ambracia was a city of the region also called Ambracia. Ambracia was the major port in the Ambracian Gulf.
By Jimmy Joe
Ephyra
Ephyra (Ephyre) was the principal city of Thesprotia, a region in southern Epeirus. Neoptolemus became the king of Ephyra after the Trojan War. Neo...
By Jimmy Joe
Epeirus
Also called Epirus. Epeirus was the coastal region of Greece, stretching from the Ambracian Gulf in the south to the north in southern Albania. Epe...
By Jimmy Joe
Trachis
Trachis (Τραχις) was the capital of Malis or Trachinia. Ceÿx was ruling Trachis when Heracles made it his home with his wife Deïaneira and his fami...
By Jimmy Joe
Larisa
Larisa (Larissa) was a Thessalian city on the river Peneius. It was the home of the Lapiths under its king, Peirithoüs , companion of Theseus. See ...
By Jimmy Joe
Phylace
Phylace was a Thessalian city west of the Pagasaean Gulf. Phylacus, son of the Aeolid Deïon and Diomede, founded Phylace and named the city after h...
By Jimmy Joe
Pherae
Pherae was a city of Thessaly, north of Iolcus and Pagasae. Pheres, son of Cretheus and Tyro, founded the city and named it after himself. Pheres h...
By Jimmy Joe
Pagasae
Pagasae was the only port in Thessaly. It was situated at the head of the Pagasaean (Thessalian) Gulf, near Iolcus. The Argonauts who sailed on the...
By Jimmy Joe
Iolcus
Iolcus was a city on the shores of the Pagasaean Gulf, near the port-city of Pagasae. It is now called Volos. Cretheus , son of Aeolus, founded Iol...
By Jimmy Joe
Phthia
Phthia was the capital of Phthiotis, a region on the west shore of the Pagasaean (Thessalian) Gulf. Phthiotis was sometimes called Achaea. Deucalio...
By Jimmy Joe
Thessaly
Thessaly occupied a large region of north-eastern Greece. Neighbouring regions were Epeirus in the east, Aetolia and Phocis in the south, and Maced...