Paeania or Paiania ( grc, Παιανία) were two

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

of ancient Attica, divided into

Upper Paeania Upper Paeania or Paiania Kathyperthen ( grc, Παιανία καθύπερθεν) was a deme of ancient Attica; it was located on the eastern side of Hymettus. One of two demoi named Paeania Paeania or Paiania ( grc, Παιανία) were two demoi ...

and

Lower Paeania Lower Paeania or Paiania Hypenerthen ( grc, Παιανία ὑπένερθεν) was a deme of ancient Attica; it was located on the eastern side of Hymettus. One of two demoi named Paeania Paeania or Paiania ( grc, Παιανία) were two demoi o ...

, that were situated on the eastern side of

Hymettus Hymettus (), also Hymettos (; el, Υμηττός, translit=Ymittós, pronounced ), is a mountain range in the Athens area of Attica, East Central Greece. It is also colloquially known as ''Trellós'' (crazy) or ''Trellóvouno'' (crazy mountain) ...

, near the modern village of Liopesi renamed to

Paiania Paiania (or ''Paeanea'' or ''Peania'' el, Παιανία, , before 1915: Λιόπεσι - ''Liopesi'', ; Arvanitika: Λοπε̱σ romanized: Lopës) is a town and a municipality in East Attica, Greece. It is an eastern suburb of Athens, located e ...

. It was the deme of

Demosthenes Demosthenes (; el, Δημοσθένης, translit=Dēmosthénēs; ; 384 – 12 October 322 BC) was a Greek statesman and orator in ancient Athens. His orations constitute a significant expression of contemporary Athenian intellectual prow ...

.Harpocr., ''s.v.''; ''

Suda The ''Suda'' or ''Souda'' (; grc-x-medieval, Σοῦδα, Soûda; la, Suidae Lexicon) is a large 10th-century Byzantine encyclopedia of the ancient Mediterranean world, formerly attributed to an author called Soudas (Σούδας) or Souidas ...

'', ''s.v.''; Phot., ''s.v.''

Notable people

Demades Demades ( el, Δημάδης, BC) was an Athenian orator and demagogue. Background and early life Demades was born into a poor family of ancient Paeania and was employed at one time as a common sailor, but he rose to a prominent position at Athen ...

(380–318 BCE), orator and demagogue. *

(384–322 BCE), orator and demagogue. *

Philippides of Paiania Philippides, son of Philomelos, of Paiania was an Athenian aristocratic oligarch. He is identified with the Philippides prosecuted by Hypereides in 336/5 B.C. who proposed honours for Macedonians after the Battle of Chaeronea, among them Alexan ...

(293 BCE), archon Basileus and son of Philomelos.

References

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