Pherae
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ADMETUS, King of Pherae, was com� peting with other royal suitors for the hand of Pelias' daughter Alcestis.
From Time Magazine Archive
On his way, Pharsalus, Scotussa, and Pherae were surrendered to him, together with the garrisons placed in them by Antiochus.
From The History of Rome, Books 27 to 36 by Livius, Titus
Sev'n prosp'rous towns besides; Cardamyle, And Enope, and Ira's grassy plains, And Pherae, and Antheia's pastures deep, AEpeia fair, and vine-clad Pedasus; All by the sea, by sandy Pylos' bounds.
From The Iliad by Derby, Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Earl of
There were further, in Alexander’s army, artillerymen with a battering train, engineers and departmental troops, and also a medical service, an improvement attributed to Jason of Pherae.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various
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 Kennedy, Charles Rann
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