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	Phthia may also refer to Phthia of Epirus Phthia of Epirus Phthia was a daughter of Menon of Pharsalus, the Thessalian hipparch, and wife of Aeacides of Epirus, king of Epirus , by whom she became the mother of the celebrated Pyrrhus of Epirus, as well as of two daughters: Deidamia , the wife of Demetrius I of Macedon, and Troias, of whom nothing more is known.... , the mother of Pyrrhus of Epirus Pyrrhus of Epirus Pyrrhus or Pyrrhos was a Greeks general of the Hellenistic civilization. He was king of the Greek tribe of Molossians, of the royal Aeacid house , and later he became King of Epirus and Macedon .... .Phthia ( or F???; transliteration Transliteration Transliteration is the practice of transcribing a word or text written in one writing system into another writing system or system of rules for such practice.... s: Fthii (modern), Phthíe (ancient)) is an ancient region of Greece Ancient Greece The term Ancient Greece refers to the period of History of Greece lasting from the Greek Dark Ages ca. 1100 BC and the Dorian invasion, to 146 BC and the Roman Republic conquest of Greece after the Battle of Corinth .... , in the area of Phthiotis Phthiotis Phthiotis is one of the prefectures of Greece. The capital is the city of Lamia . It is bordered by the Maliac Gulf to the east, Boeotia in the south, Phocis in the south, Aetolia-Acarnania in the southwest, Eurytania in the west, Karditsa Prefecture in the north, Larissa Prefecture in the north, and Magnesia in the northeast.... Prefecture, on both sides of Othrys Mountain. It was the homeland of the Myrmidones tribe, who took part in the Trojan War Trojan War In Greek mythology, the Trojan War was waged against the city of Troy by the Achaeans after Paris of Troy stole Helen from her husband Menelaus, the king of Sparta.... under Achilles Achilles In Greek mythology, Achilles was a Greeks hero of the Trojan War, the central character and the greatest warrior of Homer's Iliad, which takes for its theme ; the Wrath of Achilles.... . Founded by Aiakos, grandfather of Achilles, it was the home of his father Peleus Peleus In Greek mythology, Pele?s was a Greek hero cult who was already known to Homer. Peleus was the son of Aeacus, king of the island of Aegina, and Ende?s, the oread of Mount Pelion in Thessaly; he became the father of Achilles.... and his sea-nymph mother Thetis Thetis Silver-footed Thetis , disposer or "placer" , is encountered in Greek mythology mostly as a sea nymph, one of the fifty Nereids, daughters of the ancient one of the seas with shape-shifting abilities who survives in the historical vestiges of most later Greek myths as Proteus .... . Phthia is also an area in the 1988 Nintendo game "The Battle of Olympus The Battle of Olympus *The Battle of Olympus* is a side scrolling, action-adventure game for the Nintendo Entertainment System developed by Infinity. It was published on March 28 by Imagineer in Japan for the Nintendo Entertainment System and was titled .... ," a playable level where the dragon Ladon and the god Hephaestus make their homes. In Crito Crito The *Crito* is a short but important dialogue by the ancient Greece ancient philosophy Plato. It is a conversation between Socrates and his wealthy friend Crito of Alopece regarding justice , injustice , and the appropriate response to injustice.... , one of the dialogues written by Plato Plato Plato , was a Classical Greece Greeks philosopher, mathematician, writer of philosophical dialogues, and founder of the Platonic Academy in Ancient Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the western world.... , while Socrates Socrates Socrates was a Classical Greece Philosophy. Credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, he is an enigmatic figure known only through the classical accounts of his students.... was condemned to death and awaiting his execution, he had a dream in which a woman told him that he would go to Phthia in three days. He interpreted it as a sign that his sentence would be carried out in three days. See also Phthiotis Phthiotis Phthiotis is one of the prefectures of Greece. The capital is the city of Lamia . It is bordered by the Maliac Gulf to the east, Boeotia in the south, Phocis in the south, Aetolia-Acarnania in the southwest, Eurytania in the west, Karditsa Prefecture in the north, Larissa Prefecture in the north, and Magnesia in the northeast....