Achaea Phthiotis

city in central Greece

Phthia (; or ) was a city or district in ancient Thessaly according to Greek mythology.

ancient city in Magnesia, Thessaly, Greece

ancient city in Greece

historical region of Greece

human settlement in Greece

ancient town of Phthiotis, Greece

Antron () or Antrones (Ἀντρῶνες) was a town and polis (city-state) of ancient Thessaly in the district Achaea Phthiotis, at the entrance of the Maliac Gulf, and opposite Oreus in Euboea. It is mentioned in the Catalogue of Ships in the Iliad as one of the cities of Protesilaus, and also in the Homeric hymn to Demeter as under the protection of that goddess. It was purchased by Philip II of Macedon, and was taken by the Romans in their war with Perseus of Macedon. It probably owed its long existence to the composition of its rocks, which furnished some of the best millstones in Greece; hence th

thumb|350px|Map showing ancient Thessaly. Xyniae is shown to the bottom center near the lake named after it.

ancient polis of Greece

ancient town of Phthiotis, Greece

ancient city in Greece

thumb|Cities of ancient Thessaly Pyrasus or Pyrasos ( or Πύρρασος) was a town and polis (city-state) of Phthiotis in ancient Thessaly, mentioned by Homer along with Phylace and Iton as ruled by Protesilaus, in the Catalogue of Ships in the Iliad, and described by him as "Πύρρασον ἀνθεμόεντα, Δήμητρος τέμενος" (Pyrasus having a temple of Demeter) Pyrasus was situated on the Pagasaean Gulf, at the distance of 20 stadia from Phthiotic Thebes, and possessed a good harbour. It had disappeared in the time of Strabo ( early first century CE), the town having moved to a nearby site, called Demetr