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 B. ijc. c. v. 23. THESSALY. 149 In general we say, that it was formerly called Pyrrhsea, from Pyrrha, the wife of Deucalion ; Haemonia, from Haemon ; and Thettalia, from Thettalus, the son of Hasmon. But some writers, after dividing it into two portions, say, that Deucalion obtained by lot the southern part, and called it Pandora, from his mother ; that the other fell to the share of Hsemon, from whom it was called Haemonia ; that the name of one part was changed to Hellas, from Hellen, the son of Deucalion, and of the other to Thettalia, from Thettalus, the son of Hasmon. But, according to some writers, it was the descendants of An- tiphus and P'heidippus, sons of Thettalus, descended from Hercules, who invaded the country from Ephyra in Thes- protia, and called it after the name of Thettalus their pro- genitor. It has been already said that once it had the name of Nessonis, as well as the lake, from Nesson, the son of Thettalus.