Eurymenae or Eurymenai ( grc, Εὐρυμεναί or Εὐρυμέναι) or Erymnae or Erymnai (Ὲρυμναί) was a town and

polis ''Polis'' (, ; grc-gre, πόλις, ), plural ''poleis'' (, , ), literally means "city" in Greek. In Ancient Greece, it originally referred to an administrative and religious city center, as distinct from the rest of the city. Later, it also ...

(city-state) in Magnesia,

ancient Thessaly Thessaly or Thessalia (Attic Greek: , ''Thessalía'' or , ''Thettalía'') was one of the traditional regions of Ancient Greece. During the Mycenaean period, Thessaly was known as Aeolia, a name that continued to be used for one of the major tribes ...

, situated upon the

Aegean Sea The Aegean Sea ; tr, Ege Denizi (Greek: Αιγαίο Πέλαγος: "Egéo Pélagos", Turkish: "Ege Denizi" or "Adalar Denizi") is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea between Europe and Asia. It is located between the Balkans ...

coast at the foot of Mount Ossa, between

Rhizus :''Rhizus may also refer to Ριζαίον on the Black Sea, modern Rize.'' Rhizus or Rhizous ( el, Ριζούς (ο)) was a town and polis of ancient Magnesia, Magnesia in ancient Thessaly, whose inhabitants were transported by Demetrios Poliork ...

and Myrae.

Pliny the Elder Gaius Plinius Secundus (AD 23/2479), called Pliny the Elder (), was a Roman author, naturalist and natural philosopher, and naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and a friend of the emperor Vespasian. He wrote the encyclopedic ' ...

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 Kokkino Nero ( el, Κόκκινο Νερό) is a village and beach located at the foot of Mount Ossa in the community of Karitsa, municipal unit of Evrymenes, municipality of Agia, Larissa, Thessaly, Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', ...

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Cities in ancient Greece Ancient Magnesia Populated places in ancient Thessaly Former populated places in Greece Thessalian city-states {{AncientThessaly-geo-stub