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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 196 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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town and seaport of See also:Greece, on the See also:east See also:coast of See also:Thessaly, at the See also:head of the gulf to which it gives its name. Pop. (1907) 23,319. It is the See also:chief seaport and second See also:industrial town of Thessaly, connected by See also:rail with the town of See also:Larissa. The anchorage is safe, vessels loading and discharging by means of lighters. The See also:port has a See also:depth of 23 to 25 ft. The Kastro, or citadel, of Vol() stands on or See also:close to the site of Pagasae, whence the gulf took the name of Sinus Pagasaeus or Pagasicus, and which was one of the See also:oldest places of which mention occurs in the legendary See also:history of Greece. From this port the Argonautic expedition was said to have sailed, and it was already a flourishing See also:place under the See also:tyrant See also:Jason, who from the neighbouring Pherae ruled over all Thessaly. Two See also:miles farther See also:south stand the ruins of Demetrias, founded (290 B.c.) by See also:Demetrius Poliorcetes, and for some See also:time a favourite See also:residence of the Macedonian See also:kings. On the opposite See also:side of the little inlet at the head of the gulf rises the See also:hill of Episcopi, on which stood the See also:ancient See also:city of Iolcus. At Dimini, about 3 M. W. of Volo, several tombs have been found which yielded remains of the later Mycenean See also:Age.

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