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Iolcus (/aɪˈɒlkəs/; also
rendered Iolkos /aɪˈɒlkɒs/;
Ancient Gr****: Ἰωλκός and Ἰαωλκός;
Doric Gr****: Ἰαλκός; Gr****: Ιωλκός) is an
ancient city, a modern...
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featured in Gr**** literature. He was the son of Aeson, the
rightful king of
Iolcos. He was
married to the
sorceress Medea, the
granddaughter of the sungod...
- The Argo
carried the
Argonauts on
their quest for the
Golden Fleece from
Iolcos to Colchis.
After the journey, the ship was
retired and
dedicated to Poseidon...
- the Peloponnese, Orchomenos, Thebes, and
Athens in
Central Greece, and
Iolcos in Thessaly.
Mycenaean settlements also
appeared in Epirus, Macedonia, on...
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Volos is
built on the area of the
ancient cities of Demetrias,
Pagasae and
Iolcos.
Demetrias was
established in 293 BC by
Demetrius Poliorcetes, King of Macedon...
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archaeologists Christos Tsountas and
Valerios Stais. The
palace of
ancient Iolcos is
believed to be
located in modern-day Dimini, where, in 2001, a Mycenaean...
- in this part of Thessaly.
Pagasae was 90
stadia from Pherae, and 20 from
Iolcos. As of the
nineteenth century, the
ruins of the
ancient city were to be...
- his
return from battle. The
opera itself concerns Alceste,
princess of
Iolcos and
queen of Thessaly, who in the
first act is
abducted by Licomède (Lycomedes)...
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symbol of
authority and kingship. With it,
Jason would become king of
Iolcos in Thessaly. The Argonauts:
Atalanta Autolycus Calais Castor and Pollux...
- Pelias, king of
Iolcos,
stops on the
steps of a
temple as he
recognises young Jason by his
missing sandal;
Roman fresco from Pompeii, 1st
century AD....
