Thessaly, the region of northern Greece south…

Thessaly, the region of northern Greece south of Macedonia, lying between upland Epirus and the Aegean Sea and comprising chiefly the fertile Tríkala and Larissa lowlands, is the home of an extensive Neolithic culture.

At the beginning of the Bronze Age, about 2500 BCE, the Neolithic towns of Sesklo and Dimini are succeeded by nearby Iolcos (present-day Vólos), situated at the head of the Gulf of Pagasitikós (Vólos) on Thessaly's east coast.