Leontis is a
phyle
''Phyle'' ( gr, φυλή, phulē, "tribe, clan"; pl. ''phylai'', φυλαί; derived from ancient Greek φύεσθαι "to descend, to originate") is an ancient Greek term for tribe or clan. Members of the same ''phyle'' were known as ''symphylet ...
which had twenty
demes
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 ...
at the time of the creation of the phyle, which is at the time of the creation of a group of ten phylai.
The phyle is shown on the base of a statue made after an anthippasia to commemorate the victory of the phyle at the mock battle.
Themistocles
Themistocles (; grc-gre, Θεμιστοκλῆς; c. 524–459 BC) was an Athenian politician and general. He was one of a new breed of non-aristocratic politicians who rose to prominence in the early years of the Athenian democracy. A ...
belonged to this phyle.
Two
horse-men are listed as part of the Catalogus Hippeum in history who possibly belonged to this phyle, they were Euktimenos and Euthymenes, both living during the 3rd century B.C.E.
[H. W. Pleket ]
''Supplementum epigraphicum graecum''
published by J.C. Gieben 1991, 699 pages, etrieved 2015-12-22/ref>
Sources
Tribes of ancient Attica
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