Azenia (Attica)
Azenia (Ancient Greek: Ἀζηνία) was a deme of ancient Attica between Anaphlystus and Sunium.[1][2]
It was probably situated in the bay of which Sunium forms the eastern cape. Opposite this bay is a small island, now called Patroklos (or Gaidouronisi), formerly the Island or Rampart of Patroclus (Πατρόκλου χάραξ or νῆσος), because a fortress was built upon it by Patroclus, who commanded on one occasion the ships of Ptolemy Philadelphus.[1][3][4]
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References
- 1 2 Strabo. Geographica. ix. p.398. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
- ↑ Harpocr., s.v.; Hesych., s.v.; Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. s.v.
- ↑ Pausanias. Description of Greece. 1.1.1.
- ↑ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. s.v. Πατρόκλου νῆσος.
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