Eurymenae Explained

Eurymenae or Eurymenai (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Εὐρυμεναί or Εὐρυμέναι) or Erymnae or Erymnai (Ὲρυμναί) was a town and polis (city-state)[1] in Magnesia, ancient Thessaly, situated upon the Aegean Sea coast at the foot of Mount Ossa, between Rhizus and Myrae.[2] Pliny the Elder relates that crowns thrown into a fountain at Eurymenae became stones. It was destroyed by Lyciscus in the 4th century BCE.

The site has been located at a place called Kokkino Nero.

References

39.836°N 22.792°W

Notes and References

  1. Book: Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen . An inventory of archaic and classical poleis. 2004. Oxford University Press. New York. 0-19-814099-1. Thessaly and Adjacent Regions. 718.
  2. Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax, p. 25.