• In Greek mythology Phthia (/ˈθaɪə/; Greek: Φθία or Φθίη Phthía, Phthíē) was a city or district in ancient Thessaly. It is frequently mentioned in Homer's...
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    (/ˈpiːliəs, ˈpiːljuːs/; Ancient Greek: Πηλεύς Pēleus) was a hero, king of Phthia, husband of Thetis and the father of their son Achilles. This myth was already...
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  • Phthia was a region in ancient Greece; the home of the mythical Myrmidons It can also refer to: In Greek mythology: see Phthia (mythology) Phthia, one...
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  • Phthia (Ancient Greek: Φθία; lived 3rd century BC) was a daughter of Alexander II (272–260 BC), king of Epirus, and his half-sister Olympias II. Phthia...
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    Phthia (Ancient Greek: Φθία; lived 4th century BCE), was a Greek queen, daughter of Menon of Pharsalus, the Thessalian hipparch, and wife of Aeacides,...
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    Phthia (minor planet designation: 189 Phthia) is a bright-coloured, rocky main belt asteroid that was discovered by German-American astronomer Christian...
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  • In Greek mythology, Phthia (/ˈθaɪə/; Greek: Φθία or Φθίη Phthía) may refer to the following individuals: Phthia, the nymph mother of Dorus by King Hellen...
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  • To escape punishment they fled from Aegina. At Phthia, Peleus was purified by Eurytion, king of Phthia, and married Eurytion's daughter, Antigone. Peleus...
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  • Peleus and Telamon, for murdering their half-brother, Phocus. Peleus went to Phthia and a group of Myrmidons followed him to Thessaly. Peleus's son, Achilles...
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    son of the Nereid Thetis and Peleus, king of Phthia and famous Argonaut. Achilles was raised in Phthia along with his childhood companion Patroclus and...
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    child, he was exiled from his hometown and was adopted by Peleus, king of Phthia. There, he was raised alongside Peleus' son, Achilles, of whom he was a...
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    1st/2nd cent. AD Graecus, Latinus Pandora Hes. Cat. 6th cent. BC Achaeus Phthia Servius 4th/5th cent. AD Aethlius Protogeneia Apollod. 1st/2nd cent. AD...
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    Achaea Phthiotis (Ancient Greek: Ἀχαΐα Φθιῶτις, lit. 'Achaea of Phthia') or simply Phthiotis (Φθιῶτις) was a historical region of Thessaly, in ancient...
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  •  thoracicus Binomial name Syneches thoracicus (Say, 1823) Synonyms Hybos thoracicus Say, 1823 Gloma phthia Walker, 1849 Syneches testaceus Melander, 1928...
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  • honoured") or Eurythion /jʊəˈrɪθiən/ (Ancient Greek: Εὐρυθίων) was a king of Phthia. He was also counted among the Argonauts and the Calydonian hunters. The...
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  • son of one of his father's nobles, he is exiled to Phthia where he meets Achilles, the son of Phthia's king Peleus and the sea nymph Thetis. They become...
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    Olympias, by whom he had two sons, Pyrrhus ΙΙ, Ptolemy ΙΙ and a daughter, Phthia. Beloch places the death of King Alexander II "about 255", and supports...
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    Neoptolemus. After the war ended, he sent Hermione away to the city of Phthia (the home of Peleus and Achilles), where Neoptolemus was staying. The two...
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    Othreis Cynnes Parnethia, nymph Lycomedes Parthenope Cinyras Pharnace Dorus Phthia Laodocus Polypoetes Tenes Procleia Linus of Argos Psamathe The Corybantes...
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    Phthia, the home of Achilles. Near Old and New Pharsalus was a "Thetideion", or temple dedicated to Thetis, the mother of Achilles. However, Phthia,...
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    Andromache (detail) by Frederic Leighton Written by Euripides Chorus Women of Phthia Characters Andromache Maid Hermione Menelaus Molossus Peleus Nurse of Hermione...
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    mythology. In c. 319 BC, Pyrrhus was born to prince Aeacides of Epirus, and Phthia, a Thessalian noblewoman, the daughter of the Thessalian general Menon....
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    tribe settled in Thessalic Phthia, with its warriors under the command of Achilleus. The Parian Chronicle says that Phthia was the homeland of the Hellenes...
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  • (1921–1972), Dutch comedian Dorus, Greek mythological figure, son of Apollo and Phthia, and the father of Xanthippe Dorus Nijland (1880–1968), Dutch cyclist Dorus...
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    Pyrrha Queen of Thessaly Abode Phthia, Thessaly Genealogy Parents Epimetheus and Pandora Consort (1) Deucalion (2) Zeus Children (1.i) Hellen, Pandora...
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    with Ajax carrying the dead Achilles. Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. Abode Phthia Genealogy Parents Telamon and Periboea Siblings Teucer, Trambelus Consort...
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    relatively small tribe in Phthia in central Greece (Achaea Pthiotis). In the Parian Chronicle it is mentioned that Phthia was the homeland of Hellenes...
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    Achilles' lawful, wedded wife, you would sail me west in your warships, home to Phthia, and there with the Myrmidons hold my marriage feast." (Robert Fagles translation)...
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    BC), in his De Architectura, calls Dorus the son of Hellen by the "nymph Phthia", while Dionysius of Halicarnassus (c. 60 BC – after 7 BC) apparently considered...
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  • the daughter of Phthia and Melanippus, the Amazons martyr; she died in battle with Achilles (first appearance: Wonder Woman #33). Phthia — biological daughter...
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