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Iolcus (/aɪˈɒlkəs/; also
rendered Iolkos /aɪˈɒlkɒs/;
Ancient Gr****: Ἰωλκός and Ἰαωλκός;
Doric Gr****: Ἰαλκός; Gr****: Ιωλκός) is an
ancient city, a modern...
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built with the help of the gods that
Jason and the
Argonauts sailed from
Iolcos to
Colchis to
retrieve the
Golden Fleece. The ship has gone on to be used...
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featured in Gr**** literature. He was the son of Aeson, the
rightful king of
Iolcos. He was
married to the
sorceress Medea, the
granddaughter of the sungod...
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Volos is
built on the area of the
ancient cities of Demetrias,
Pagasae and
Iolcos.
Demetrias was
established in 293 BC by
Demetrius Poliorcetes, King of Macedon...
- the Peloponnese, Orchomenos, Thebes, and
Athens in
Central Greece, and
Iolcos in Thessaly.
Mycenaean settlements also
appeared in Epirus, Macedonia, on...
- Pelias, king of
Iolcos,
stops on the
steps of a
temple as he
recognises young Jason by his
missing sandal;
Roman fresco from Pompeii, 1st
century AD....
- his
return from battle. The
opera itself concerns Alceste,
princess of
Iolcos and
queen of Thessaly, who in the
first act is
abducted by Licomède (Lycomedes)...
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Mycenaean settlements have also been discovered, for
example at the
sites of
Iolcos,
Dimini and
Sesklo (near Volos). In
Archaic and
classical times, the lowlands...
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archaeologists Christos Tsountas and
Valerios Stais. The
palace of
ancient Iolcos is
believed to be
located in modern-day Dimini,
where a
Mycenaean palace...
- Pelias, king of
Iolcos,
stops on the
steps of a
temple as he
recognises young Jason by his
missing sandal;
Roman fresco from Pompeii, 1st
century AD....
