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🌍 Phthia (Thessaly)

  • <div data-attribute_names="[]"><span data-attribute_object_ids="[]"><span class="a type-7140" data-type_id="7140" data-object_id="8194400" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-7140_8194400">Apollodoros, <span style="font-style: italic;">Library</span></span></span><span data-attribute_object_ids="[]"><span class="a type-7140" data-type_id="7140" data-object_id="8194399" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-7140_8194399">Apollodoros, <span style="font-style: italic;">Epitome</span></span></span><span data-attribute_object_ids="[]"><span class="a type-7140" data-type_id="7140" data-object_id="9650165" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-7140_9650165">Homer, <span style="font-style: italic;">Iliad</span></span></span><span data-attribute_object_ids="[]"><span class="a type-7140" data-type_id="7140" data-object_id="9961284" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-7140_9961284">Euripides, <span style="font-style: italic;">Trojan Women</span></span></span><span data-attribute_object_ids="[]"><span class="a type-7140" data-type_id="7140" data-object_id="10801386" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-7140_10801386">Pausanias<span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span></span><span data-attribute_object_ids="[]"><span class="a type-7140" data-type_id="7140" data-object_id="9880163" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-7140_9880163">Homer, <span style="font-style: italic;">Odyssey</span></span></span><span data-attribute_object_ids="[]"><span class="a type-7140" data-type_id="7140" data-object_id="11289464" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-7140_11289464">Hesiod, <span style="font-style: italic;">Shield of Heracles</span></span></span><span data-attribute_object_ids="[]"><span class="a type-7140" data-type_id="7140" data-object_id="11289801" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-7140_11289801">Hesiod, <span style="font-style: italic;">Ehoiai</span></span></span><span data-attribute_object_ids="[]"><span class="a type-7140" data-type_id="7140" data-object_id="11294909" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-7140_11294909">Palaiphatos, <span style="font-style: italic;">On Unbelievable Stories</span></span></span><span data-attribute_object_ids="[]"><span class="a type-7140" data-type_id="7140" data-object_id="11295946" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-7140_11295946">Lucian, <span style="font-style: italic;">Dialogues of the Dead</span></span></span><span data-attribute_object_ids="[]"><span class="a type-7140" data-type_id="7140" data-object_id="11298959" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-7140_11298959">Pindar, <span style="font-style: italic;">Pythian 3</span></span></span><span data-attribute_object_ids="[]"><span class="a type-7140" data-type_id="7140" data-object_id="11299494" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-7140_11299494">Pindar, <span style="font-style: italic;">Nemean 4</span></span></span><span data-attribute_object_ids="[]"><span class="a type-7140" data-type_id="7140" data-object_id="11305235" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-7140_11305235">D-Scholia, <span style="font-style: italic;">Iliad</span></span></span><span data-attribute_object_ids="[]"><span class="a type-7140" data-type_id="7140" data-object_id="11292578" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-7140_11292578">Strabo<span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span></span><span data-attribute_object_ids="[]"><span class="a type-7140" data-type_id="7140" data-object_id="11312481" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-7140_11312481">Ovid, <span style="font-style: italic;">Amores</span></span></span><span data-attribute_object_ids="[]"><span class="a type-7140" data-type_id="7140" data-object_id="11295523" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-7140_11295523">Callimachus, <span style="font-style: italic;">Aetia</span></span></span><span data-attribute_object_ids="[]"><span class="a type-7140" data-type_id="7140" data-object_id="11307852" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-7140_11307852">Ovid, <span style="font-style: italic;">Metamorphoses</span></span></span><span data-attribute_object_ids="[]"><span class="a type-7140" data-type_id="7140" data-object_id="11325962" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-7140_11325962">Euripides, <span style="font-style: italic;">Andromache</span></span></span><span data-attribute_object_ids="[]"><span class="a type-7140" data-type_id="7140" data-object_id="11326553" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-7140_11326553">Euripides, <span style="font-style: italic;">Iphigenia at Aulis</span></span></span><span data-attribute_object_ids="[]"><span class="a type-7140" data-type_id="7140" data-object_id="11330864" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-7140_11330864">Ovid, <span style="font-style: italic;">Heroides</span></span></span></div>
  • Information
    homeland of the Myrmidons, kingdom of Peleus
    Sometimes conflated with
    🌍 Hellas (Phthia) region of central Greece encompassing Phthia, homeland of the Myrmidons
    Wikidata
    https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1232814
    Pleiades
    https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/541052
    Cult site of
    👤 Thetis Nereid, mother of Achilles
    Place of birth of
    👤 Achilles greatest Greek hero at Troy, leader of the Myrmidon contingent
    Ruled by
    👤 Deucalion (Thessalian) survives flood, repopulates earth👤 Neoptolemos son of Achilles👤 Achilles greatest Greek hero at Troy, leader of the Myrmidon contingent👤 Peleus son of Aiacos, father of Achilles👤 Eurytion (Argonaut) son or grandson of Actor👤 Athamas (Orchomenian) son of Aiolos, sometimes Theban👤 Protesilaos first Greek killed at Troy👤 Philoctetes son of Poias, abandoned on Lemnos👤 Eurypylos (Thessalian) son of Euaimon, leader of the Ormenios contingent at Troy👤 Phrixos (s. of Athamas) son of Athamas👤 Son of Hellen (name unknown) eldest son, who inherits Phthia👤 Hellen eponym of the Hellenes
    Mentioned in Text
    Apollodoros, LibraryApollodoros, EpitomeHomer, IliadEuripides, Trojan WomenPausaniasHomer, OdysseyHesiod, Shield of HeraclesHesiod, EhoiaiPalaiphatos, On Unbelievable StoriesLucian, Dialogues of the DeadPindar, Pythian 3Pindar, Nemean 4D-Scholia, IliadStraboOvid, AmoresCallimachus, AetiaOvid, MetamorphosesEuripides, AndromacheEuripides, Iphigenia at AulisOvid, Heroides
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