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Lycophron of Pherae
Lycophron of Pherae was the first tyrant of Pherae in Thessaly, seizing power around 406 BCE. Aiming to dominate all Thessaly, he defeated the Larissaeans and other rivals in 404 BCE and he fought the aristocratic families of Larissa and Pharsalus in the following years. He founded the line of Pherae tyrants that reached its height under Jason of Pherae.
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