Pherai (Parthia)
Introduction Only Stephanos Byzantios mentions the city '''Pherai''' (Φεραί Παρθίας): «εἰσὶ καὶ ἄλλαι Ἰαπυγίας καὶ Αἰτωλίας καὶ Παρθυαίων» (there are others in Iapygia, Aitolia and among the Parthians). It is unknown whether it was a Hellenistic military settlement.Thessalian cavalry men were in service of Alexander's army and his successors. Perhaps these Thessalians came from the homonymous city in Thessalia (Pherae) and established a colony in Parthia. There was also a Thessalian colony in Syria called Larissa.
Sources ;Notes;Bibliography* Johann Gustav Droysen ''Geschichte des Hellenismus''. * Stephanus of Byzantium Ethnika.