Iolchos

, a town of Magnesia, above Demetrias, where Jason was born. It was founded by Cretheus son of Æolus and Enaretta. Mela mentions it as at some distance from the sea, though all the other ancient geographers place it on the sea-shore. Pausanias , bk. 4 , ch. 2 .— Apollo dor us , bk. 1 , ch. 9 .— Strabo , bk. 8 .— Mela , bk. 2 , ch. 3 .— Lucan , bk. 3 , li. 192 .