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Phthia (; or Φθίη; transliterations: ''Fthii'' (), ''Phthíē'' ()) in ancient Greece was the southernmost region of ancient Thessaly,〔Thucydides and Pindar: historical narrative and the world of Epinikian poetry By Simon Hornblower Page 170 ISBN 0-19-924919-9〕 on both sides of Othrys Mountain and Farsala. It was the homeland of the Myrmidones tribe, who took part in the Trojan War under Achilles. Founded by Aiakos, grandfather of Achilles, it was the home of his father Peleus, his sea-nymph mother Thetis, and his son Neoptolemus, who reigned as king after the Trojan War. Phthia is referenced in Plato's Crito,〔(Translated by Benjamin Jowett on the MIT website. )〕 where Socrates, in jail and awaiting his execution, relates a dream he has had (''43d–44b''): The reference to Phthia is itself a reference to Homer's ''Iliad'' (''ix.363''), when Achilles, upset at having his war-prize, Briseis, taken by Agamemnon, rejects Agamemnon's conciliatory presents and threatens to set sail in the morning; he says that with good weather he might arrive on the third day "in fertile Phthia" — his home.〔 In Plato's work, Socrates tells his friend, Crito, that he expects to be executed the "third day" - the day after next, one day later than Crito expects. The Greeks counted inclusively, with today as the first day, tomorrow as the second, and the day after as the third. Phthia is the setting of Euripides' play ''Andromache'', which takes place name Farsala after the Trojan War, when Achilles' son Neoptolemus (in some translations named Pyrrhus) has taken the widow of the Trojan hero Hector as a slave. Professor C.J. Mackie notes the linguistic association of "Phthia" with the Greek word ''phthisis'', meaning "consumption," "decline" or "wasting away" and the connection of the place name with a withering death. In English, the word has been used as a synonym for tuberculosis. Mackie thus notes a wordplay in Homer that associates Achilles' home with such a withering death.〔Mackie, C.J., "Homeric Phthia," ''Colby Quarterly'', Volume 38, no.2, June 2002, p.163-173.〕 () ==In popular culture== The 2004 film ''Troy'', starring Brad Pitt as Achilles, begins with Achilles in Phthia. The first half of the 2011 novel ''The Song of Achilles'' narrated Achilles and Patroclus' early life in Phthia after Patroclus was exiled from his home. Phthia is also an area in the 1988 Nintendo game ''The Battle of Olympus'', a playable level where the dragon Ladon and the god Hephaestus make their homes. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Phthia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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