Thessaly

Thessaly is a kingdom and a region of the Hellenistic World, bordered by Thrace to the north and Thebes to the south. Its capital and center of population is Larissa.
==History==
===Battle of Mount Othrys===
Before becoming a kingdom, the Plains of Thessaly were the sight of the Battle of Mount Othrys between the Olympians and the Titans during the First Titanomachy.
===Demeter's Wrath===
Erysichthon, an arrogant Prince of Thessaly, intended to build himself a magnificent mansion. However, the only building materials that he deemed fitting were the massive trees from Demeter's sacred grove. While Erysichthon and fifty of his burly friends set out to chop down the trees, Demeter herself appeared before them, in the guise of a maiden. While she tried to reason with them, Erysichthon completely disregarded her advice, and mocked Demeter. However, before he could chop down a single tree, the infuriated goddess removed her disguise, and grew over 100 feet tall. As the Goddess of Harvest and therefore the Mistress of Food, Demeter inflicted Erysichthon with insatiable hunger and thirst. After a couple of weeks, Erysichthon's hunger induced him to exhaust his riches and even sold his own daughter into slavery. However, the girl was saved by Poseidon, who took her to Atlantis, and made her his housekeeper. Erysichthon himself finally perished in poverty and excruciating pain.
===Docking of the Argo===
In order to retrieve the Golden Fleece, Jason and the Argonauts constructed the Argo, beginning their quest in the southern coasts of Thessaly.
===Trojan War===
In the Late Third Age, the kingdom was ruled by King Peleus and Queen Thetis during the beginning of the Trojan War. Thetis was the subject of a major prophecy concerning her two children with Zeus. As a result, Zeus married Thetis off to King Peleus of Thessaly.
At the two's wedding, the goddess of Strife, Eris threw a golden apple at Zeus, telling him to give it to the most beautiful of the goddesses in attendance: Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite. Seeing no good way to answer the question, Zeus gave all the responsibility of choosing which goddess to a prince named Paris.
===Aftermath of the Prophecy===
Like many of the other kingdoms of the Hellenistic World, Thessaly struggled following the prophecy, as years were cold and crops no longer grew due to the death of the gods. Centuries of kings went by, each one becoming more paranoid and tyrannical than the last.
nearly two centuries later, King Scapirus ascended to the throne, where he heavily fortified the outer walls of the capital city, beginning a long period of de facto isolation and limited contact with outsiders.
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