The noun Λάρισα in ancient Greek meant a citadel or a fortress, and was derived from a pre-Greek substrate.
Her father was also said to have been honoured in Larissa Phrikonis, a Pelasgian settlement in Aeolis, an ancient region on the western coast of Asia Minor.
[6][3] According to Strabo, Larissa would have her revenge when one day she observed her father leaning over a cask of wine, drinking.
She quickly seized him by the legs and plunged him into the cask, causing his death by drowning.
[4][7] Some unspecified time after her violation by her father, Larissa became the wife of Cyzicus, the ruler of the Dolonians (a tribe dwelling on the southern shore of the Propontis sea).