Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-01

the headquarters of Constantine (then crown prinee) during the early stages of the Greco Turkish war of 1897. and it was at this place that panic seized the Greek army in April of that year, the princes forces f1eeting in confus- ion to PharSala. This event marked the end of the first half of a war which ended disastrously for the Greeks.
 ''Larissa took part in the triumph of Greek arms over Turkey during the war of independence. however, for here was established the headquarters of Ali Pasha of Iannini who elected to aid the patriots in their struggle against his master. But long before leader was treacherously stabbed and his head cut off while he was leaving the tent of an adversary after having effected an agreement with the repre- sentative of the porte. This tragic end of Ali Pasha was in keeping with his whole career. In his boyhood he was tutored in brigandage by his strong willed mother and schooled to nurse consuming spirit of revenge against the murderers of his father. In the course of 80 years he rose to posi- tion of such power that he threatened the throne of the sultan himself, and ruled with barbarous harshness over Thessaly, Albania and Macedonia dur ing the first quarter of the nineteenth century.
 
 closely associated with that of the famous Aleuadae family, founded by Aleuas PyrrIos (Red-head.) Through out the fifth and sixth centuries be- fore the Christian era the Aleuadae enjoyed the privilege of naming the Tag Us or leading king of the Thessa- lonian forces in all military expedi- tions.
 "Larissa became the seat of govern ment for the commonwealth of Thes- sally established by the Romans in 1S7 B. C., after the famous battle of Gym oscephalae, in which the hitherto un- conquerable Macedonian phalanx and the Roman legion measured their strength in open battle for the first time in history. Some commentators say that the Roman general. Titus Quinctius Flaminninus, employed both elephants and cavalry to break through the ranks of King Philip V.'s army of 26,000 men, but whatever the means employed, the 1egfonS triumph ed, the legions triumphed and the re- suit wa so conclusive that Rome be- came master of Greece and subse- quently of the known world.
 One of Larissa's claims to distinc- 1 tion is the fact that here practiced and died the great Hippocrates, the father of medicine and the propounder of the famous Hippocratic oath, to which | physicians subscribe today as course | of conduct toward their patients. l f'F7eW remains of ancient Larissa are | to be found in the vicinity Of the mod ern city which presents a somewhat | oriental aspect, one of the relics of l Turkish occupancy being the twenty seven lofty minarets that provide a picturesque skyline, while in the resi- dential section are many houses with blank white walls facing the street but with attractive interior courts and graceful arcades. Many Turks en1i- ! I'd f,~ovo he 311 ksa 1898.
 ] Larissa is situated in the midst of fertile plain, one the bank of the famous Salambria river (the Peneus of the ancients), which flows into the | Gudf of Salonika, twenty miles to the north, after passing between Mount Olympus and Mount Ossa. Between these two summits irnmortalized in mythology the Salambria cuts the famous Vale of Tempe, noted for its scenic charm and grandeur.
 "The chief products of Larissa are Turkish leather, tobacco, silk and cot ton goods. Although the city is cooled by the breezes from Olympus to the north, it is not a healthy city, for the l frequent inundation of the plains by the waters of the Salambria causes levers and agues.
 ''The city is known to the Turks as Yeni -shehr (new town) as distinguish l ed from Old Larissa, the ancient Gran non, which lies fourteen miles to the southwest, the scene of Antipater's victory which ended the Larnian war 1 in P B. C."