Anciently,Magnesia (Ancient Greek:Μαγνησία) was aregion ofAncient Greece, eventually absorbed byancient Thessaly. Originally inhabited by theMagnetes (Μάγνητες), Magnesia was the long and narrow slip of country between MountsOssa andPelion on the west and the sea on the east, and extending from the mouth of thePeneius on the north to thePagasaean Gulf on the south. The Magnetes were members of theAmphictyonic League, and were settled in this district in theHomeric times, and mentioned in theIliad.[1] The Thessalian Magnetes are said to have founded the Asiatic cities ofMagnesia ad Sipylum andMagnesia on the Maeander.[2] The towns of Magnesia were:Aesonis,Aphetae,Boebe,Casthanaea,Cercinium,Coracae,Demetrias,Eurymenae,Glaphyrae, Homole orHomolium,Iolcus,Magnesia,Meliboea,Methone,Mylae,Nelia,Olizon,Pagasae,Rhizus,Spalaethra, andThaumacia.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Thessalia".Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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