Listed 22 sub titles with search on: Ancient literary sources for wider area of: "MAGNESSIA Prefecture THESSALIA" .
ATHAMANTION VALLEY (Ancient plain) MAGNESSIA
Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 2,516
AFETES (Ancient port) SOUTH PELION
In Magnesia, on the Pagasaean gulf, station of Xerxes' fleet, storm and shipwreck there, in Thessaly, Herakles left by the Argonauts at:
ALOS (Ancient city) MAGNESSIA
In Achaea, tradition and ceremonial there.
IOLKOS (Ancient city) VOLOS
Jason at, founded by Cretheus, Pelias, King of, return of the Argonauts to, Jason and Medea expelled from, Peleus purified by Acastus at, laid waste by Peleus, who enters the city between the severed limbs of Astydamia, Minyans of, offered by the Thessalians to the exiled Hippias.
KASTHANEA (Ancient city) RIGAS FERAIOS
A town in Magnesia.
MAGNESIA (Ancient area) THESSALIA
In Thessaly, Xerxes' fleet there, Magnesians in Xerxes' army, at foot of Mount Pelion, Magnesians belong to Amphictyonic League.
PAGASSES (Ancient city) VOLOS
At the head of the Pagasacan gulf in Magnesia, a station of Xerxes' fleet.
PELION (Mountain) MAGNESSIA
Mount, piled on Ossa, the hunt of Acastus and Peleus on, Peleus and Thetis married on, the Argo built there, Pelion and Ossa in the E. of Thessaly, wreck of Xerxes' fleet near Pelion.
SKIATHOS (Island) NORTH SPORADES
AFETES (Ancient port) SOUTH PELION
Nearby is Aphetae also, so named as being the "apheterium" of the Argonauts.
DIMITRIAS (Ancient city) MAGNESSIA
Demetrias, which is on the sea between Nelia and Pagasae, was founded by Demetrius Poliorcetes, who named it after himself, settling in it the inhabitants of the nearby towns, Nelia and Pagasae and Ormenium, and also Rhizus, Sepias, Olizon, Boebe, and Iolcus, which are now villages belonging to Demetrias.
FERES (Ancient city) RIGAS FERAIOS
The seaport of Pherae is Pagasae, which is ninety stadia distant from Pherae and twenty from Iolcus (Strab. 9,5,15).
IOLKOS (Ancient city) VOLOS
Demetrias, which is on the sea between Nelia and Pagasae, was founded by Demetrius Poliorcetes, who named it after himself, settling in it the inhabitants of the nearby towns, Nelia and Pagasae and Ormenium, and also Rhizus, Sepias, Olizon, Boebe, and Iolcus, which are now villages belonging to Demetrias.
NILIA (Ancient city) VOLOS
Demetrias, which is on the sea between Nelia and Pagasae, was founded by Demetrius Poliorcetes, who named it after himself, settling in it the inhabitants of the nearby towns, Nelia and Pagasae and Ormenium, and also Rhizus, Sepias, Olizon, Boebe, and Iolcus, which are now villages belonging to Demetrias.
OLIZON (Ancient city) SOUTH PELION
Demetrias, which is on the sea between Nelia and Pagasae, was founded by Demetrius Poliorcetes, who named it after himself, settling in it the inhabitants of the nearby towns, Nelia and Pagasae and Ormenium, and also Rhizus, Sepias, Olizon, Boebe, and Iolcus, which are now villages belonging to Demetrias.
ORMINION (Ancient city) VOLOS
Ormenium itself, was one of the dependencies of Demetrias (Strab. 9,5,18)..
PTELEOS (Ancient city) ALMYROS
And Artemidorus places Halus on the seaboard, as situated outside the Maliac Gulf, indeed, but as belonging to Phthiotis; for proceeding thence in the direction of the Peneius, he places Pteleum after Antron, and then Halus at a distance of one hundred and ten stadia from Pteleum.
PYRASSOS (Ancient city) VOLOS
...and to Pyrasus, which has been razed to the ground (Strab. 9,5,14).
RIZOUS (Ancient city) THESSALIA
Demetrias, which is on the sea between Nelia and Pagasae, was founded by Demetrius Poliorcetes, who named it after himself, settling in it the inhabitants of the nearby towns, Nelia and Pagasae and Ormenium, and also Rhizus, Sepias, Olizon, Boebe, and Iolcus, which are now villages belonging to Demetrias.
SIPIAS (Ancient city) SOUTH PELION
Iolcus is situated above the sea seven stadia from Demetrias. Demetrias, which is on the sea between Nelia and Pagasae, was founded by Demetrius Poliorcetes, who named it after himself, settling in it the inhabitants of the nearby towns, Nelia and Pagasae and Ormenium, and also Rhizus, Sepias, Olizon, Boebe, and Iolcus, which are now villages belonging to Demetrias (Strab. 9,5,15).
VIVI (Ancient city) MAGNESSIA
Demetrias, which is on the sea between Nelia and Pagasae, was founded by Demetrius Poliorcetes, who named it after himself, settling in it the inhabitants of the nearby towns, Nelia and Pagasae and Ormenium, and also Rhizus, Sepias, Olizon, Boebe, and Iolcus, which are now villages belonging to Demetrias.
PYRASSOS (Ancient city) VOLOS
Ancient alliance brought the Thessalians to the aid of Athens; those who came being the Larisaeans, Pharsalians, Cranonians, Pyrasians, Gyrtonians, and Pheraeans (Thuc. 2,22,3).
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