Thessălia

, a country of Greece, whose boundaries have been different at different periods. Properly speaking, The aly was bounded on the south by the northern parts of Greece, or Græcia propria; east, by the Ægean; north, by Macedonia and Mygdonia; and west, by Illyricum and Epirus. It was generally divided into four separate provinces, The aliotis, Pelasgiotis, Istiæotis, and Phthiotis, to which some add Magnesia. It has been severally called Æmonia , Pelasgicum , Argos , Hellas , Argeia , Dryopis , Pelasgia , Pyrrhæa , Æmathia , . The name of The aly is derived from The alus, one of its monarchs. The aly is famous for a deluge which happened there in the age of Deucalion. Its mountains and cities are also celebrated, such as Olympus, Pelion, O a, Lari a, . The Argonauts were partly natives of The aly. The inhabitants of the country pa ed for a treacherous nation, so that false money was called The alian coin, and a perfidious action, The alian deceit. The aly was governed by kings, till it became subject to the Maced on i an monarchs. The cavalry was universally esteemed, and the people were superstitious, and addicted to the study of magic and incantations. The aly is now called Janna . Lucan , bk. 6 , li. 438 , . — Dionysius Periegetes , li. 219 .— Curtius , bk. 3 , ch. 2 .— Ælian , Varia Hist or i a , bk. 3 , ch. 1 .— Pausanias , bk. 4 , ch. 36 ; bk. 10 , ch. 1 .— Mela , bk. 2 , ch. 3 .— Justin , bk. 7 , ch. 6 .— Diodorus , bk. 4 .