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 the family tree for the Lapiths in Thessaly.
Larisa, Larissa, Λάρισα.
Hypseus, Lapithus, Periphas, Antion, Ixion, Peirithoüs, Polypoetes.
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