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Phthia of Epirus

Phthia of Epirus

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Phthia (Ancient Greek: Φθία; lived 4th century BCE),[1] was a Greek queen, daughter of Menon of Pharsalus, the Thessalian hipparch, and wife of Aeacides, king of Epirus, by whom she became the mother of the celebrated Pyrrhus, as well as of two daughters: Deidamia, the wife of Demetrius Poliorcetes, and Troias, of whom nothing more is known.[2][3][4][5]

Coin of Pyrrhus, 278 BC, depicting Phtia. Obverse: Veiled head of Phtia with oak wreath, ΦΘΙΑΣ (of Phtia). Reverse: Thunderbolt, ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΥΡΡΟΥ (of King Pyrrhus).

Her portrait is found on some of the coins of her son Pyrrhus.

Another bearer of the name was her great-granddaughter, Phthia of Macedon.

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    Lightman, Marjorie; Lightman, Benjamin (2008). A to Z of Ancient Greek and Roman Women. Infobase Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4381-0794-3.
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    Plutarch, Parallel Lives, "Pyrrhus", 1
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    Rollin, Charles (1855). The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonias and Grecians. Lippincott, Grambo & Company.
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    Champion, Jeff (2009-07-16). Pyrrhus of Epirus. Pen and Sword. ISBN 978-1-84468-282-9.
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    Walsh, John (2017). "A Note on Diodorus 18.11.1, Arybbas, and the Lamian War". Harvard Studies in Classical Philology. 109: 199–208. ISSN 0073-0688.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Phthia (1)". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.

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