Cydathenaeum

Cydathenaeum or Kydathenaion (Greek: Κυδαθήναιον) was one of the demes in ancient Athens. It belonged in the phyle (tribe) Pandionis.

History

When Cleisthenes formally established the deme system in 508/7 BC, Kydathenaion was the third largest deme after Acharnae and Aphidna.[1] Its population is estimated to have been around 3300–3600 people.[2]

Kydathenaion was one of the five demes located within the walls of the city of Athens (alongside Koile, Kollytos, Melite, and Skambonidai).[3]

Kydathenaion was in the very heart of Athens: it contained Acropolis,[4] and possibly Areopagus.[5]

Notable people from the deme include:

Notes

  1. ↑ Hendriks 2012, p. 21
  2. ↑ Hendriks 2012, p. 70
  3. ↑ Hendriks 2012, p. 23
  4. ↑ Young 1951, p. 140
  5. ↑ Young 1951, p. 142
  6. 1 2 Reckford 1987, p. 524, fn. 33
  7. ↑ Thompson 1970, p. 143
  8. ↑ Balbina Bäbler. "Nicochares". Der Neue Pauly. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  9. ↑ Pantos 1989, p. 282

References

  • Luke Hendriks (2012). Athens and the Attic Demes. MA thesis, Leiden University.
  • Pantos A. Pantos (1989). "Echedemos, "The Second Attic Phoibos"". Hesperia. 58 (3): 277–288.
  • Kenneth J. Reckford (1987). Aristophanes' Old-and-new Comedy. University of North Carolina Press.
  • W. E. Thompson (1970). "Notes on Andocides" (PDF). Acta Classica. 13: 141–148.
  • John S. Traill (1975). The political Organization of Attica. American School of Classical Studies at Athens.
  • Rodney S. Young (1951). "An Industrial District of Ancient Athens" (PDF). Hesperia. 20 (3): 135–288.


Coordinates: 37°58′26″N 23°43′50″E / 37.974°N 23.7306°E / 37.974; 23.7306


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