Simplify the following text for a Grade 8 native English-speaking person.
Original: Larissa is a city and the capital of the Thessaly periphery of Greece and capital of the Larissa peripheral unit .
Simplified: Larissa ( Greek : Î Î Ï Î Ï Î ) is the capital city of the Thessaly periphery of Greece , and capital of the Larissa Prefecture . Larissa is found in the north of the Thessaly plain near at the foot of the mountain Olympus .