Pherae
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Alcestis, daughter of Pelias, was won to wife by Admetus, King of Pherae, who complied with her father's demand that he should come to claim her in a chariot drawn by lions and boars.
From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by D. Laing Purves
In the same year he interfered in the affairs of Thessaly, where the Aleuadae of Larissa had invited his assistance against Lycophron and Peitholaus of Pherae, who had invoked the aid of the Phocians.
From The Public Orations of Demosthenes, volume 1 by Arthur Wallace Pickard
Chorus consists of citizens, probably Elders, of the city of Pherae.
From Alcestis by Gilbert Murray
It was the sea-port of Pherae, capital of the tyrant Lycophron, against whom Philip was invited to assist the Thessalians.
From The Olynthiacs and the Phillippics of Demosthenes Literally translated with notes by Charles Rann Kennedy
Then Minerva bethought her of another matter, and made a vision in the likeness of Penelope's sister Iphthime daughter of Icarius who had married Eumelus and lived in Pherae.
From The Odyssey Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original by Samuel Butler
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