Pherae
Query URLs
https://term.museum-digital.de/md-de/place/11804
- Note
- "Pherae (Greek: Φεραί) was a city and polis (city-state) in southeastern Ancient Thessaly. One of the oldest Thessalian cities, it was located in the southeast corner of Pelasgiotis. According to Strabo, it was near Lake Boebeïs 90 stadia from Pagasae, its harbor on the Gulf of Pagasae (Geography 9.5). The site is in the modern community of Velestino.
In Homer Pherae was the home of King Admetus and his wife, Alcestis, (whom Heracles went into Hades to rescue), as well as their son Eumelus (who was one of the suitors of Helen and led the Achaean forces of Pherae and Iolcus in the Trojan War) (Iliad 2.711; Odyssey 4.798)." - (en.wikipedia.org 22.09.2020) - Latitude
- 39.383598327637
- Longitude
- 22.74640083313
- Population
- 3,044
- Time zone
- Europe/Athens
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