#thessaly

• Admetus — The traditional Romanian form for the name of Admetus, the legendary king of Pherae in Thessaly, famous in Greek mythology for being served for a year by the god Apollo and for the devotion of his wife, Alcestis, who agreed to die in his place to save his life.
• Aloeus — Secondary Romanianized form or spelling variant for the name of the Greek mythological character Aloeus (Alöeus), legendary king of Thessaly and son of Poseidon. In older lexicographical indexes, the term is registered as a proper noun used to indicate the kinship or patronymic attributed to the giant Aloadae (his adoptive or biological sons), who attempted to storm heaven and overthrow the Olympian gods.
• Aspropotamos — The complete and official Greek form of the hydronym Aspropotamos (The Great White River); currently used also to denote a former municipality, now a mountainous municipal unit in the Trikala regional unit, Thessaly region, Greece. The area is famous for its traditional stone villages, virgin fir forests, and well-preserved Aromanian (Vlach) cultural heritage.