This paper shows that Euripides’ Andromache is set in Thetideion, a toponym
whose precise ‘nature’ has been much discussed. Euripides uses the toponym
“Thetideion” in reference to the cult of Thetis near Pharsalus: the paper tries to deal
with this matter by paying a special attention to the presence and the role of Thetideion
in the Euripidean drama and to other primary and secondary sources. The analysis
of the sources leads to the conclusion that Thetideion was the name given by the Thessalian
people both to a sanctuary to Thetis and to a little territory nearby Pharsalus.
They chose that name in memory of the wedding between Peleus and Thetis.