Thessalia
Θεσσαλία | |
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Region | |
![]() Ancient theatre in Larissa | |
![]() Map of ancient Thessaly | |
Location | Thessaly |
Major cities | Larissa, Pherae |
Dialects | Aeolic |
Key periods | Pheraean Ascendancy |
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.