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Definition of Thessalia
1. Noun. A fertile plain on the Aegean Sea in east central Greece; Thessaly was a former region of ancient Greece.
Geographical relationships: Battle Of Cynoscephalae, Cynoscephalae
Generic synonyms: Geographic Area, Geographic Region, Geographical Area, Geographical Region
Group relationships: Ellas, Greece, Hellenic Republic
Terms within: Cynoscephalae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thessalia
Literary usage of Thessalia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Ancient Geography, Classical and Sacred by Samuel Augustus Mitchell (1860)
"Thessalia. Hame.—It received its name from the Thessalians, a Hellenic people,
... Whence is the name Thessalia derived ?—What are its boundaries? ..."
2. Ancient Geography by Samuel Augustus Mitchell (1860)
"Thessalia- Vame.—It received its name from the ... Whence is the name Thessalia
derived ? ... What celebrated vale was in Thessalia? ..."
3. A Complete Greek and English Lexicon of the Poems of Homer and the Homeridae by Gottlieb Christian Crusius (1844)
"main residence was in Thessalia, II. 2, 684 ; but who also had possessions in
Peloponnesus as far as to Messene, chiefly in Argos, II. 5114. ..."
4. Course of Ancient Geography: Arranged with Special Reference to Convenience by Henry Immanuel Smith (1876)
"Thessalia is said to have been originally known by the names of Pyrrha, ...
The mountains which form, in part the boundaries of Thessalia, ..."
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