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Ancient Thessalians Canlas, Gino

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The Ancient Thessalians (Thessaloi/Thettaloi/Petthaloi) refer to the inhabitants of Thessaly, whose dominant population belonged to the spectrum of Greek identity. Strictly speaking, "Thessaly" refers to the tetradic Thessalian plains and "Thessalian" refers to the dominant population. Broadly speaking, Thessaly can include the inhabitants of the surrounding regions (the perioikoi), which could include Achaia Phthiotis, Perrhaibia, Magnesia, Malis, Ainis, Oitaia, Dolopia, and Athamania (in different time periods). In addition to the dominant populations of the plains and the perioikoi, Ancient Thessaly could be used to include its serf populations (penestai), its slaves, pastoral nomads, and foreign inhabitants.

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Title
Ancient Thessalians
Creator
Canlas, Gino
Contributor
Database of Religious History (DRH)
Publisher
Database of Religious History (DRH)
Date Issued
2021-06-10
Description
The Ancient Thessalians (Thessaloi/Thettaloi/Petthaloi) refer to the inhabitants of Thessaly, whose dominant population belonged to the spectrum of Greek identity. Strictly speaking, "Thessaly" refers to the tetradic Thessalian plains and "Thessalian" refers to the dominant population. Broadly speaking, Thessaly can include the inhabitants of the surrounding regions (the perioikoi), which could include Achaia Phthiotis, Perrhaibia, Magnesia, Malis, Ainis, Oitaia, Dolopia, and Athamania (in different time periods). In addition to the dominant populations of the plains and the perioikoi, Ancient Thessaly could be used to include its serf populations (penestai), its slaves, pastoral nomads, and foreign inhabitants.
Subject
Greek Religions; Greek Cult; Greek Polis Religions; Greek Philosophical Traditions; Greek Domestic Religions; Roman Religious Traditions; Greek Mystery Cults; Religious Group; Hellenistic Religions; Roman Religions; Macedonian Religions
Genre
Other
Type
Text
Language
eng
Date Available
2021-12-03
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0404480
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/80350
Affiliation
Arts, Faculty of; Asian Studies, Department of
Citation
Gino Canlas. (2021). Ancient Thessalians. Database of Religious History, Vancouver, BC: University of British Columbia.
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Postdoctoral
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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