Ancient Greek is the historical stage in the development of the Greek language spanning across the Archaic Greece , Classical Greece , and Hellenistic civilization periods of ancient Greece and the classical antiquity.... : Fe?a?) was an ancient Greek town in southeastern Thessaly
Thessaly
Thessaly is one of the 13 Peripheries of Greece of Greece, and is further sub-divided into 4 Prefectures of Greece. The capital of the periphery and traditional Regions of Greece is Larissa.... . In mythology, it was the home of King Admetus
Admetus
In Greek mythology, Admetus /?d 'mi: t?s/ was a king of Pherae in Thessaly, succeeding his father Pheres after whom the city was named. Admetus was one of the Argonauts and took part in the Calydonian Boar hunt.... , whose wife, Alcestis
Alcestis
Alcestis is a princess in Greek mythology, known for her love of her Admetus. Her story was popularised in Euripides's tragedy Alcestis .... , Heracles
Heracles
In Greek mythology, Heracles or Herakles meaning "glory of Hera", or "Glorious through Hera" Alcides or Alcaeus " was a hero, the son of Zeus and Alcmene, foster son of Amphitryon and great-grandson of Perseus.... went into Hades
Hades
Hades refers both to the ancient Greek underworld, the abode of Hades, and to the god of the underworld. Hades in Homer referred just to the god; the genitive case , Haidou, was an elision to denote locality: "[the house/dominion] of Hades".... to rescue. In history, it was more famous as the home of the fourth-century B.C. tyrants Jason
Jason of Pherae
Jason of Pherae , was the ruler of Thessaly during the period just before Philip II of Macedon Macedon came to power. He was appointed tagus, or king, of Thessaly in the 370s BC and soon extended his control to much of the surrounding region.... and Alexander of Pherae
Alexander of Pherae
Alexander was tagus or despotism of Pherae in Thessaly, and ruled from 369 BC to 358 BC.... , who took control of much of Thessaly before their defeat by the Thebans
Thebes, Greece
Thebes is a city in Greece, situated to the north of the Cithaeron range, which divides Boeotia from Attica, Greece, and on the southern edge of the Boeotian plain.... .
