Phylace

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Phylace(Greek:Φυλάκη) was a Thessalian city west of the Gulf of Pagasae. In Ancient Greece, Phylace was a kingdom. Its king, Protesilaus, was the first Greek hero killed in the Trojan War.

Phylace (modern greek:Φυλάκη, Fylaki) today is a tiny village in the Magnesia prefecture, in central Greece, near Almyros.

Parmenion, son of Glaucias, Phylacean (ancient greek:Παρμενίων Γλαυκίου Φυλακαῖος) was a dolichos runner, winner in the Macedonian festival at Beroea in 3rd/2nd c. BC (possibly Αλεξάνδρεια, Alexandrian games dedicated to Alexander the Great).

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• Geographical Dictionary of Greek Mythology -Apd.1.9.12; Apd.Ep.3.14; Arg.1.45; Hom.Il.2.695, 2.700, 13.696, 15.335; Hom.Od.11.290, 15.236.
• Epigraphical Database