Pherae
Americannoun
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The power established by Jason of Pherae, who raised himself to a sort of royal authority under the title of Tagus, had devolved upon Lycophron.
From The Olynthiacs and the Phillippics of Demosthenes Literally translated with notes by Charles Rann Kennedy
Or sĭl' o chus, a king of the ancient city of Pherae.
From Hero Tales by James Baldwin
Then they reached Pherae where Diocles lived, who was son to Ortilochus and grandson to Alpheus.
From The Odyssey Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original by Samuel Butler
Immediately after the battle the Thebans had sent to Jason of Pherae in Thessaly to solicit his aid against the Lacedaemonians.
From A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest by Sir William Smith
Pelopidas, treacherously made prisoner by Alexander of Pherae, is rescued by Epaminondas.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 02 (From the Rise of Greece to the Christian Era) by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne
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