Coin of Pyrrhus , 278 BC, depicting Phtia. Obverse: Veiled head of Phtia with oak wreath, ΦΘΙΑΣ (of Phtia). Reverse: Thunderbolt , ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΥΡΡΟΥ (of King Pyrrhus).
Phthia (Ancient Greek : Φθία ; lived 4th century BCE),[ 1] was a Greek queen, daughter of Menon of Pharsalus , the Thessalian hipparch , and wife of Aeacides , king of Epirus , by whom she became the mother of the celebrated Pyrrhus , as well as of two daughters: Deidamia , the wife of Demetrius Poliorcetes , and Troias, of whom nothing more is known.[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
Her portrait is found on some of the coins of her son Pyrrhus.
Another bearer of the name was her great-granddaughter, Phthia of Macedon .
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