Larissa

A daughter of Pelasgus (3), from whom the arx of Argos and two Thessalian towns are believed to have derived their name.

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References

Sources

  • Pausanias. Description of Greece ii, 24.1.
  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.
  • Strabo. Geography xiv, p. 621, who calls her a daughter of Piasus, a Pelasgian prince.

This article incorporates text from Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1870) by William Smith, which is in the public domain.