Potamus or Potamos ( grc, Ποταμός) was the name of several ''

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. They lay on the east coast north of

Thoricus Thoricus or Thorikos ( grc, Θορικός) was a city, and later a ''deme'' in the southern portion of ancient Attica, one of the twelve original settlements that were united in the ''synoikismos'' attributed to Theseus to form Archaic Athens. I ...

, and were once a populous place: they were celebrated as containing the sepulchre of

Ion An ion () is an atom or molecule with a net electrical charge. The charge of an electron is considered to be negative by convention and this charge is equal and opposite to the charge of a proton, which is considered to be positive by conven ...

. The port of Potamus was probably the one which received the Peloponnesian fleet in 411 BCE. The demoi were: Potamus Deiradiotes, Potamus Hypenerthen, and Potamus Kathyperthen.

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