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Pherai (Parthia)

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Only Stephanos Byzantios mentions the city Pherai (Φεραί Παρθίας): «εἰσὶ καὶ ἄλλαι Ἰαπυγίας καὶ Αἰτωλίας καὶ Παρθυαίων» (there are others in Iapygia, Aitolia and among the Parthians). It is unknown whether it was a Hellenistic military settlement.

Thessalian cavalry men were in service of Alexander's army and his successors. Perhaps these Thessalians came from the homonymous city in Thessalia (Pherae) and established a colony in Parthia. There was also a Thessalian colony in Syria called Larissa.[1]

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  1. ^ The Hellenistic settlements in Syria, the Red Sea Basin, and North Africa By Getzel M. Cohen, Page 118 ISBN 0-520-24148-7
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