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Tenos (Thessaly)

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Tenos (Ancient Greek: Τήνῳς) was a town in ancient Thessaly, noted in ancient Greek folklore for a supposedly remarkable venomous snake and its equally remarkable demise.[1] It is unlocated.[2]

References

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  1. ^ On Marvellous Things Heard, 151.
  2. ^ Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (2004). "Thessaly and Adjacent Regions". An inventory of archaic and classical poleis. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 678. ISBN 0-19-814099-1.