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I have also discovered that a potentially more period appropriate designation for Nikon's location would be Perrhaebian. Though that would put him under Guneus and not Peleus. Ultimately it wouldn't matter too much and it isn't truly a necessary distinction. The region itself is still in Thessaly. And it wouldn't have changed any of the actions taken to get to Mycenae.
May even be able to narrow it down to one of the more specific towns. Close to Olympus is Pythium (Πύθιον) on the more northerly end and Gonnos (Γόννος) on the southerly side. Then there's Dodona (not the one in Epirus) and Olooson further from the mountain to the west-southwest. Nira is probably going through one of those places on the way to get her foot fixed right now even. Guneus himself is purportedly from Phalanna which is also in that ballpark.
I included the Greek name for some of the places because searching for just the name might throw you at bacteria and tapeworms or something. Or just to the wrong place. Depending on where you're searching.
We're gonna keep calling it Thessaly though, because there is only so much geography autism anyone can take before they start to lose meaning. It's a lesser detail. Hippomedon himself isn't actually from there anyway (he's a genuine Argive) so Nikon and Nira specifically aren't Perrhaebians in the first place. But I found it interesting so I thought I'd share with the class.
