What is "phylace"

Phylace was a Thessalian city west of the Gulf of Pagasae. According to Greek mythology, this city was founded by Phylacus. In Ancient Greece, Phylace was a kingdom. Its king, Protesilaus, was the first Greek hero killed in the Trojan War. Phylace (Greek: Φυλάκη, Fylaki) today is a tiny village in the Magnesia regional unit, in central Greece, near Almyros.

Phylace or Phylakai (Greek: ) was an ancient city in mountainous Pieria, Macedonia, on the Haliacmon river, north of Balla. Parmenion, son of Glaucias, Phylacean (Greek: ) was a dolichos runner and winner in the Alexandrian games at Beroea in 3rd or 2nd century BCE (dedicated to Alexander the Great).

Phylace (Φυλακή, Phylake; plural: Φυλακαί Phylakai) may refer to:

• Phylace (Magnesia), an ancient Greek city in Thessaly
• Phylace (Pieria), an ancient Greek city in Macedonia
• Amblyscirtes phylace, a species of butterfly of the Hesperiidae family
• Eulithis (syn. Phylace), a genus of moth in the family Geometridae