Argos Pelasgikon
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Finally, although Homeric geography of Thessaly is not limited in this passage, the toponym "Thessalia" is absent in Homer.[5] The unique element of the name is restricted to king Thessalus, son of Heracles, whose sons, [[
References
- ^ The Cambridge Ancient History: The Egyptian and Hittite empires to c. 1000 B.C By John Bagnell Bury, Stanley Arthur Cook, Frank Ezra Adcock, Martin Percival Charlesworth v. 2 - 1923 Page 481
- ^ Landmarks of Homeric Study By W E Gladstone Page 40 ISBN 1-110-49230-8 (2009)
- ^ Geographica 9.5.5
- ^ Geographica 8.6.9
- ^ Homer: An Introduction to the Iliad and the Odyssey By Richard Claverhous Jebb Page 39 ISBN 0-554-75060-0 (2008)
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