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Thessaly

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Thes·sa·ly  (ths-l)
A region of east-central Greece between the Pindus Mountains and the Aegean Sea. Settled before 1000 b.c., it reached the height of its power in the sixth century b.c. but soon declined because of internal conflicts.
Thes·salian (th-sl-n, -slyn), Thessa·loni·an (-ln-n) adj. & n.
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Noun1.ThessalyThessaly - a fertile plain on the Aegean Sea in east central Greece; Thessaly was a former region of ancient Greece
Thessalia
battle of Cynoscephalae, Cynoscephalae - the battle that ended the second Macedonian War (197 BC); the Romans defeated Philip V who lost his control of Greece
Ellas, Greece, Hellenic Republic - a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil
Cynoscephalae - the fields in Thessaly where in 197 BC the Romans defeated the Macedonians


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Money is already provided by Crito as well as by Simmias and others, and he will have no difficulty in finding friends in Thessaly and other places.
Crito by Plato View in context
Adjoining to this place there ought to be a large square, like that which they call in Thessaly The Square of Freedom, in which nothing is permitted to be bought or sold; into which no mechanic nor husbandman, nor any such person, should be permitted to enter, unless commanded by the magistrates.
A Treatise on Government by Aristotle View in context
Relating to a mountain in Thessaly, once inhabited by
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