Search results
It is located on the Pineiós (also called Peneus) Potamós (river). Since the 9th century it has been the seat of a bishop. In antiquity Lárissa was the seat of the Aleuad clan, founded by Aleuas, who claimed descent from Heracles. The poet Pindar and the physician Hippocrates, attracted by the Aleuad court, died there.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
In almost all the cities, the form of government was aristocratical ("dynastic rule rather than isonomy ", according to Thucyd. iv. 78), and it was chiefly in the hands of a few great families, who were descended from the ancient kings. Thus Larissa was subject to the Aleuadae, whence Herodotus (vii.
People also ask
When did Larissa become a city?
Who was Philo of Larissa?
Who lived in lárissa?
What is the ancient theatre of Larissa?
Philo of Larissa ( Greek: Φίλων ὁ Λαρισσαῖος Philon ho Larissaios; 159/8–84/3 BC [1]) was a Greek philosopher. It is very probable that his actual name was Philio - with a second iota. [2] He was a pupil of Clitomachus, whom he succeeded as head of the Academy.
It was the leader of the resistance against the tyrants of Pherai, but felt it necessary to call in first Thebes and then Macedon to help. In 344 B.C. Philip II of Macedon directly annexed Thessaly, and from then to 196 B.C. Larissa was under Macedonian control. It was the capital of the post-196 B.C. Roman-organized Thessalian League and ...
As the chief city of ancient Thessaly, Larissa was taken by the Thebans and later directly annexed by Philip II of Macedon in 344. It remained under Macedonian control afterwards, except for a brief period when Demetrius Poliorcetes captured it in 302 BC. Hellenistic Era Roman Era
Mar 16, 2022 · The First Ancient Theatre of Larissa was constructed at the end of the 3rd-century BCE, during the reign of King Antigonus II Gonatas of Macedon. It is located on Frourio Hill, the most...
Jan 10, 2014 · The region of ancient Larissa, like today’s, spread in the northeastern part of the Thessalian plain, near the banks of river Penaeus (Pinios). The early history of the city is lost amid uncertain traditions of the area, while from one of the few testimonies of ancient sources and information deriving from the excavations, it may be deduced that the city must have had the same form of social ...
