A really long time ago, Thessalos, the renowned son of legendary Hercules, while seeking his luck, came to our places The moment he crossed the mesmerizing Valley of Tempi, where Apollo, the God of Light lived with his beloved Daphne, in amazement saw a huge fully green valley ahead. Walking along the Pinios River's, which is rumored to be the son of Uranus and Tithia, he could never imagine he had reached his destination. This is - on the banks of Pinios - where 4000 years ago legendary Larissos built the town of Larissa, where our story takes place. On its right, Mount Olympus, the residence of the twelve Gods, reached the clouds, while on its left, Ossa - Kissavos did. On its cone, like a pyramid peak Mount Pilio was once put by the Giants, Ottos and Efialtis, who the only thing they wanted was to reach Olympus and dethrone Zeus- Dias, the king of the twelve Gods. Deeply in the horizon, even more mountains raised and then got lost again into the clouds It was Pindos one of them which gave birth to Pinios through her tears when Gods decided to take her away from her husband, Liggos, because they were jealous of their happiness. - I will stay here he thought. - I will call the magical land Thessalia * * * ... Whichever stone you pick up, you'll hear a story. Whichever twig the sweet wind moves, it will tells you a story. Such a story did we listen to from our grandpa when we were kids. A youngster, who could be any of us, while trying his luck, wants to learn, because he likes it, how to speak an unusual language He wants to learn the language of the frogs. I keep wondering ... will it be useful to him or totally useless? Who knows

Les temps anciens Thessalos fils du legendaire Hercule cherchant fortune arriva dans notre contree. Comme il venait de traverser la vallee de Tempi, la ou vivait Appolon le Dieu de la Lumiere avec sa bien aimee Daphnee, il a vu tout emerveille de s'etendre devant lui une plaine toute verte. Il ne s'imaginait pas qu'on marchant a cote de l'eau argente de la riviere de Penee il venait d' arriver a sa destination. Sur ses rives, depuis 4000 ans existe la ville de Laisse batie par le legendaire Larissos. A sa droite Olympe s'erigeait jusqu'aux nuages, residence de douze dieux. A sa gauche Ossa une montagne en forme pyramidale. Autrefois sur le sommet les geants Otos et Ephialtis ait entasse Pelion, parce qu'ils voulaient detroner Jupiter d'Olympe. Plus au fond d'autres montagnes bien hautes s'elevaient et se perdaient dans les nuages. La chaine de montagnes de Pinde ou selon la legende est nee Penee de ses larmes au moment ou les dieux voulaient la separer de son epoux Ligo parce qu'ils enviaient leur bonheur. Je veux rester ici, pensa-t-il.Ce pays merveilleux aura comme nom Thessalie Le conte commence ici Bonsoir mes amis N'importe quelle pierre tu bouges une histoire est cachee, n'importe quelle branche tu souleves elle aura un conte a te raconter. Un conte pareil on l'ecoutait aussi narre par notre grand pere et notre mere lorsqu' on etait des enfants: Alors, un jeune homme semblant a nous, cherchant sa fortune il a appris une langue extraordinaire La langue des grenouilles Lui sera-t-elle utile ou pas? Qui sait Mais n'importe quoi que l'homme apprenne a faire c'est utile, disait notre grand pere. "Apprends un metier, oublie le mais quand tu auras faim exerce le," dit un proverbe grec.