Phthia
[1] It is frequently mentioned in Homer's Iliad as the home of the Myrmidons, the contingent led by Achilles in the Trojan War.Phthia is referenced in Plato's Crito, where Socrates, in jail and awaiting his execution, relates a dream he has had (43d–44b):[2] "I thought that a beautiful and comely woman dressed in white approached me.[clarification needed] This suggests the possibility of a wordplay in Homer, associating Achilles' home with such a withering death.However, a number of ancient sources, such as Euripides' Andromache, also located Phthia further north in the area of Pharsalus.[6] Strabo also notes that near the cities of Palaepharsalus and Pharsalus there was a shrine dedicated to Achilles' mother Thetis, the Thetideion.