Ancient Thessaly

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Thessalia Θεσσαλία
Region
Ancient theatre in Larissa
Map of ancient Thessaly
Location	Thessaly
Major cities	Larissa, Pherae
Dialects	Aeolic
Key periods	Pheraean Ascendancy

Thessaly or Thessalia (Attic Greek: Θεσσαλία, Thessalía or Θετταλία, Thettalía^[1]) was one of the traditional regions of Ancient Greece. During the Mycenaean period, Thessaly was known as Aeolia, a name that continued to be used for one of the major tribes of Greece, the Aeolians, and their dialect of Greek, Aeolic.