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- ↑ Plutarch , Parallel Lives , "Life of Alexander" 29 ( ed. Clough 1859 ; ed. Loeb ).
- Who's who in the age of Alexander the Great: prosopography of Alexander's empire ISBN 978-1-4051-1210-9
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Smith, William (1870). "Thessalus". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology .
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