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Hippothontis
Hippothontis () was one of the phyle, phylai (tribes) of classical Athens, created during the reforms of Cleisthenes. It was named after the legendary hero Hippothoon. Its demes were Azenia (deme), Azenia, Hamaxanteia, Anakaia, Auridai, Acherdous, Dekeleia, Elaious, Eleusis, Eroeadae (Hippothontis), Eroeadae, Thymaitadai, Keiriadai, Koile, Kopros, Korydallos, Oenoe (Attica), Oinoe, (of the west) Oion Dekeleikon, Peiraieus.''Cornell Studies in Classical Philology''. (1898). United States: Cornell University Press. Notes References * Ancient tribes in Attica {{AncientGreece-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keiriadai
Ceriadae or Keiriadai () was a deme of ancient Attica, of the ''phyle'' of Hippothontis, sending two delegates to the Boule (ancient Greece), Boule. It was located outside of the walls of Themistocles, west of the hill of the Nymphs and west of the Pnyx. In this deme there was the baratharon (βάραθρον), a chasm into which criminals condemned to death were thrown. The site of Ceriadae is west of the Pnyx. References Populated places in ancient Attica Former populated places in Greece Demoi {{AncientAttica-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamaxanteia
Hamaxantia or Hamaxanteia () was a deme of ancient Attica, of the '' phyle'' of Hippothontis Hippothontis () was one of the phyle, phylai (tribes) of classical Athens, created during the reforms of Cleisthenes. It was named after the legendary hero Hippothoon. Its demes were Azenia (deme), Azenia, Hamaxanteia, Anakaia, Auridai, Acherdo ..., sending one delegate to the Boule. Its site is unlocated. Known residents * Panaitios C. 400 BC884.Grave Stele, Athens, National Archaeological Museum, References Populated places in ancient Attica Former populated places in Greece Demoi Lost ancient cities and towns {{AncientAttica-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anakaia
Anacaea or Anakaia () was a deme of ancient Attica, of the '' phyle'' of Hippothontis Hippothontis () was one of the phyle, phylai (tribes) of classical Athens, created during the reforms of Cleisthenes. It was named after the legendary hero Hippothoon. Its demes were Azenia (deme), Azenia, Hamaxanteia, Anakaia, Auridai, Acherdo ..., sending three delegates to the Athenian Boule. Its site is tentatively located near modern Mygdaleza. References Populated places in ancient Attica Former populated places in Greece Demoi {{AncientAttica-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auridai
Auridae or Auridai () was a deme of ancient Attica, originally of the '' phyle'' of Hippothontis Hippothontis () was one of the phyle, phylai (tribes) of classical Athens, created during the reforms of Cleisthenes. It was named after the legendary hero Hippothoon. Its demes were Azenia (deme), Azenia, Hamaxanteia, Anakaia, Auridai, Acherdo ..., but later of the ''phyle'' of Antigonis, sending one delegate to the Boule. Its site is unlocated, but probably in the Thriasian Plain. References Populated places in ancient Attica Former populated places in Greece Demoi Lost ancient cities and towns {{AncientAttica-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acherdous
Acherdus or Acherdous () was a deme of ancient Attica, of the '' phyle'' of Hippothontis Hippothontis () was one of the phyle, phylai (tribes) of classical Athens, created during the reforms of Cleisthenes. It was named after the legendary hero Hippothoon. Its demes were Azenia (deme), Azenia, Hamaxanteia, Anakaia, Auridai, Acherdo ..., sending one delegate to the Boule. Its site is unlocated, but in the Thriasian Plain. References Populated places in ancient Attica Former populated places in Greece Demoi Lost ancient cities and towns {{ancientAttica-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kopros
Coprus or Kopros () was a deme of ancient Athens, of the '' phyle'' of Hippothontis Hippothontis () was one of the phyle, phylai (tribes) of classical Athens, created during the reforms of Cleisthenes. It was named after the legendary hero Hippothoon. Its demes were Azenia (deme), Azenia, Hamaxanteia, Anakaia, Auridai, Acherdo ..., sending two delegates to the Athenian Boule. One of the characters of Aristophanes's '' The Knights'' is from this deme. Its site is located near east of Eleusis. References Populated places in ancient Attica Former populated places in Greece Demoi {{AncientAttica-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phyle
''Phyle'' (, ; pl. ''phylai'', ; derived from Greek , ''phyesthai'' ) is an ancient Greek term for tribe or clan. Members of the same ''phyle'' were known as ''symphyletai'' () meaning 'fellow tribesmen'. During the late 6th century BC, Cleisthenes organized the population of Athens in ten ''phylai'' (tribes), each consisting of three ''trittyes'' ("thirtieths"), with each ''trittys'' comprising a number of demes. Tribes and demes had their own officers and were self-administered. Some ''phylai'' can be classified by their geographic location, such as the Geleontes, the Argadeis, the Hopletes, and the Agikoreis in Ionia, as well as the Hylleans, the Pamphyles, the Dymanes in Doris. Attic tribes First period The best-attested new system was that created by Cleisthenes for Attica in or just after 508 BC. The landscape was regarded as comprising three zones: urban ('' asty''), coastal ('' paralia'') and inland ('' mesogeia''). Each zone was split into ten sections called ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koile
Coele or Koile ( or Κοιλή) was a deme of ancient Attica, originally of the ''phyle'' of Hippothontis, and between 307/6 BCE and 201/200 BCE of , sending three delegates to the Boule. It was located partially inside and partially outside the Themistoclean Wall. The most important monuments were the tomb of Cimon Coalemos (together with his horses, winners of the Olympics) and of the historian Thucydides. Following these sources, many historians thought that the deme was, at least in part, outside the city walls, since Cicero had written that it was illegal to bury the dead inside the walls. However, archaeological discoveries have shown that only a small part of the deme, that containing the tombs, developed outside the walls. The deme had its own agora. In the Hellenistic period In classical antiquity, the Hellenistic period covers the time in Greek history after Classical Greece, between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the death of Cleo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eroeadae (Hippothontis)
Eroeadae or Eroiadai () was a deme in ancient Attica of the ''phyle'' of Hippothontis Hippothontis () was one of the phyle, phylai (tribes) of classical Athens, created during the reforms of Cleisthenes. It was named after the legendary hero Hippothoon. Its demes were Azenia (deme), Azenia, Hamaxanteia, Anakaia, Auridai, Acherdo ..., sending one delegate to the Athenian Boule.. Its site is located near modern Chaidari. References Populated places in ancient Attica Former populated places in Greece Demoi {{AncientAttica-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornell University Press
The Cornell University Press is the university press of Cornell University, an Ivy League university in Ithaca, New York. It is currently housed in Sage House, the former residence of Henry William Sage. It was first established in 1869, making it the first university publishing enterprise in the United States, but was inactive from 1884 to 1930. The press was established in the College of the Mechanic Arts, as mechanical engineering was called in the 19th century, because engineers knew more about running steam-powered printing presses than literature professors. Since its inception, The press has offered work-study financial aid: students with previous training in the printing trades were paid for typesetting and running the presses that printed textbooks, pamphlets, a weekly student journal, and official university publications. Today, the press is one of the country's largest university presses. It produces approximately 150 nonfiction titles each year in various disci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peiraieus
Piraeus ( ; ; , Ancient: , Katharevousa: ) is a port city within the Athens urban area ("Greater Athens"), in the Attica (region), Attica region of Greece. It is located southwest of Athens city centre along the east coast of the Saronic Gulf in the Athens Riviera. The municipality of Piraeus and four other suburban municipalities form the Piraeus (regional unit), regional unit of Piraeus, sometimes called the Greater Piraeus area, with a total population of 448,051. At the 2021 census, Piraeus had a population of 168,151 people, making it the fourth largest municipality in Greece and the second largest (after the municipality of Athens) within the Athens urban area. Piraeus has a long recorded history, dating back to ancient Greece. The city was founded in the early 5th century BC, when plans to make it the new port of Classical Athens, Athens were implemented: A prototype harbour was constructed, which resulted in concentrating in one location all the import and transit t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
