Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A region of east-central Greece between the Pindus Mountains and the Aegean Sea. Settled before 1000 BC, it reached the height of its power in the sixth century BC but soon declined because of internal conflicts.
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- proper noun A region in north-central Greece; one of its 13 periferies. It contains the prefectures of
Karditsa ,Larissa ,Magnesia andTrikala .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a fertile plain on the Aegean Sea in east central Greece; Thessaly was a former region of ancient Greece
Etymologies
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Thessaly is a powerful and immortal witch who has been around since the times of Ancient Greece.
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Thessaly is a powerful and immortal witch who has been around since the times of Ancient Greece.
Archive 2007-11-01 2007
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Tyrnavo, in Thessaly, printed cottons are prepared.
Art and Handicraft in the Woman's Building of the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893 1894
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This design could not long escape the penetration of the Gothic king, who continued to hold a doubtful, and perhaps a treacherous, correspondence with the rival courts; who protracted, like a dissatisfied mercenary, his languid operations in Thessaly and Epirus, and who soon returned to claim the extravagant reward of his ineffectual services.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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Trebellianus; Piso in Thessaly; Valens in Achaia; Aemilianus in
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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371 In Sparta the lover was called or x and the beloved as in Thessaly or x.
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The richest districts were most constantly changing their inhabitants; for example, the countries which are now called Thessaly and Boeotia, the greater part of the Peloponnesus with the exception of Arcadia, and all the best parts of Hellas.
The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007
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The richest soils were always most subject to this change of masters; such as the district now called Thessaly, Boeotia, most of the Peloponnese, Arcadia excepted, and the most fertile parts of the rest of Hellas.
The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2005
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Pierium, location unknown, but probably in southern Thessaly: Map 5.7, BX.
THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003
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Pierium, location unknown, but probably in southern Thessaly: Map 5.7, BX.
THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003
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