Ancient Greek archaeological sites in Thessaly

thumb|350px|Map showing ancient Thessaly. Demetrias is shown to the right on the Pagasaean Gulf. Demetrias () was a Greek city in Magnesia in ancient Thessaly (east central Greece), situated at the head of the Pagasaean Gulf, near the modern city of Volos.

ancient city in Magnesia, Thessaly, Greece

thumb|350px|Map showing ancient Thessaly. Gonnus is shown in the upper centre along the Tempe. Gonnus or Gonnos () or Gonni (Γόννοι) was a town and polis (city-state) of the Perrhaebi in ancient Thessaly, which derived its name, according to the later Greek critics, from Gonneus, mentioned in the Iliad. Its position made it one of the most important places in the north of Thessaly. It stood on the northern side of the Peneius, near the entrance of the only two passes by which an enemy can penetrate into Thessaly from the north. The celebrated vale of Tempe begins to narrow at Gonnus; and the p

building in Larissa, Thessaly Region, Greece

ancient city of Thessaly, Greece

building in Larissa, Thessaly Region, 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