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Magnesia

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coastal region historical region

Magnesia is a historical coastal region in eastern Thessaly, Greece, known for its mountainous Pelion peninsula and ancient cities such as Iolcus and Demetrias.

Aliases (4)

Demetrias ×2
Iolcus ×1
Magnes ×1
Pagasae ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	coastal region → historical region →
borders	Aegean Sea →
contains	Boebe → Casthanaea → Demetrias → Iolcus → Itonus → Meliboea (Magnesia) → Methone (Magnesia) → Olizon → Ormenium → Pagasae → Pherae → Rizous → Spalauthra → Thessalian city-states →
country	Greece →
ethnicGroup	Magnetes →
foundedBy	Demetrius I of Macedon →
foundedCity	Demetrias →
hasPart	Mount Pelion → Pagasetic Gulf → Pelion peninsula →
historicalPeriod	Classical antiquity → Hellenistic period → Roman period →
locatedIn	Central Greece → Magnesia → Magnesia → Magnesia → Thessaly → eastern Thessaly →
majorCity	Demetrias → Iolcus → Pagasae →
mentionedIn	Homeric epics → Iliad →
modernAdministrativeSuccessor	Magnesia regional unit →
modernCapital	Volos →
namedAfter	Magnetes →
notableFeature	fertile coastal plains → mountainous terrain → natural harbors on Pagasetic Gulf →
partOf	ancient Thessaly →
religionInAntiquity	ancient Greek religion →
strategicImportance	controlled access to Pagasetic Gulf → controlled routes between Thessaly and Aegean Sea →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Demetrias → Demetrias → Iolcus → Magnetes → Pagasae →	locatedIn
Thessaly →	containsRegion
Magnetes →	ethnonymDerivedFrom
Themistocles →	grantedCity
Magnetes ("Magnes") →	hadEponymousAncestor
Volos →	isRegionalCapitalOf