Agryle ( grc, Ἀγρυλή, Ἀραυλή, or Ἀγροιλή) was the name of two

demoi In Ancient Greece, a deme or ( grc, δῆμος, plural: demoi, δημοι) was a suburb or a subdivision of Athens and other city-states. Demes as simple subdivisions of land in the countryside seem to have existed in the 6th century BC and ear ...

of ancient Attica, a

Lower Agryle Lower Agryle, or Agryle Hypenerthen ( grc, Ἀγρυλὴ ὑπένερθεν), was a deme of ancient Attica, one of two demoi of Agryle Agryle ( grc, Ἀγρυλή, Ἀραυλή, or Ἀγροιλή) was the name of two demoi of ancient Attica, ...

(Agryle Hypenerthen) and an

Upper Agryle Upper Agryle, or Agryle Kathyperthen ( grc, Ἀγρυλὴ καθύπερθεν), was a deme In Ancient Greece, a deme or ( grc, δῆμος, plural: demoi, δημοι) was a suburb or a subdivision of Athens and other city-states. Demes as simp ...

(Agryle Kathyperthen). They lay immediately south of the stadium in the city of

Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...

. It is probable that the district of Agrae located south of the

Ilisos The Ilisos or Ilisus ( el, Ιλισός, ) is a river in Athens, Greece. Originally a tributary of the Kifisos, it has been rechanneled to the sea. It is now largely channeled underground, though as of June 2019 there are plans to unearth the ...

river, belonged to one of these demoi.

References

Demoi Former populated places in Greece Populated places in ancient Attica {{AncientAttica-geo-stub