, ▁table ts ▁bearing ▁My c ena e an ▁Greek ▁ins cri ptions , ▁written ▁in ▁Linear ▁B . ▁ ▁In ▁myth ology , ▁Th ess aly ▁was ▁hom eland ▁of ▁the ▁hero es ▁Ach illes ▁and ▁Jason , ▁as ▁well ▁of ▁myth ological ▁cre atures ▁and ▁pe op les , ▁Cent a urs , ▁Lap ith s , ▁Ph leg y ans ▁and ▁My rm id ons . ▁An cient ▁tribes ▁in ▁Th ess aly ▁mentioned ▁by ▁H omer ▁or ▁other ▁po ets ▁were : ▁A e oli ans , ▁Mag net es , ▁Per r ha eb i ▁and ▁Pel as gi ans . ▁ ▁The ▁name ▁of ▁Th ess aly ▁recorded ▁ep ig raph ically ▁in ▁ ▁A e ol ic ▁variants ▁. ▁ ▁The ▁Th ess ali ans ▁were ▁a ▁Th es pro t ian ▁tribe ▁( acc ording ▁to ▁Her odot us , ▁v ii . ▁ 1 7 6 ; ▁Ve il . ▁Pat . ▁i . ▁ 3 ), ▁and ▁originally ▁came ▁from ▁the ▁Th es pro t ian ▁E phy ra . ▁Under ▁the ▁guidance ▁of ▁leaders , ▁who ▁are ▁said ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁descend ants ▁of ▁Her acles , ▁they ▁inv aded ▁the ▁western ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁country ▁afterwards ▁called ▁Th ess aly , ▁and ▁drove ▁out ▁or ▁reduced ▁to ▁the ▁condition ▁of ▁Pen est ae , ▁or ▁b onds men , ▁the ▁ancient ▁A e ol ian ▁inhabitants . ▁After wards , ▁the ▁Th ess ali ans ▁spread ▁over ▁the ▁other ▁parts ▁of