Euhydrium or Euhydrion ( el, Ευύδριον or Εὐύδριον) was a town in the district of Thessaliotis in ancient Thessaly. During the Second Macedonian War,

Livy Titus Livius (; 59 BC – AD 17), known in English as Livy ( ), was a Ancient Rome, Roman historian. He wrote a monumental history of Rome and the Roman people, titled , covering the period from the earliest legends of Rome before the traditiona ...

mentions it as one of the cities devastated by

Philip V of Macedon Philip V ( grc-gre, Φίλιππος ; 238–179 BC) was king ( Basileus) of Macedonia from 221 to 179 BC. Philip's reign was principally marked by an unsuccessful struggle with the emerging power of the Roman Republic. He would lead Macedon ag ...

the year 198 BCE, together with

Phacium Phacium or Phakion ( grc, Φάκιον) was a town and polis (city-state) of ancient Thessaly, in the district Pelasgiotis. Brasidas marched through Phacium in 424 BCE. In the Second Macedonian War, Livy mentions that it was one of the citi ...

Iresiae Iresiae or Iresiai was a town of ancient Thessaly. In the Second Macedonian War, Livy mentions that it was one of the cities devastated by Philip V of Macedon the year 198 BCE, together with Phacium, Euhydrium, Eretria and Palaepharsalus, since ...

, Eretria and Palaepharsalus, since he foresaw that the territory would soon fall into the hands of the Aetolian League and the Romans. Philip allowed the men who were able to follow him, but they were compelled to quit their homes and the towns were burnt. All the property they could carry with them they were allowed to take away, the rest became the booty for the soldiers. The site of Euhydrium is at the modern village of Ktouri.

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Populated places in ancient Thessaly Former populated places in Greece Thessaliotis {{AncientThessaly-geo-stub