Lusia (Attica)

Lusia or Lousia (Ancient Greek: Λουσία) was a deme of ancient Attica, of the phyle Oeneïs, sending one delegate to the Athenian Boule.[1] Stephanus of Byzantium notes it was named after an heroine named Lusia, a daughter of Hyacinthus the Lacedaemonian.[2]

The deme is attested in inscriptions; one a funerary inscription of a townsperson,[3] another describing the deme's contributions to construction of the Eleusinion.[4]

The site of Lousia is in the Kephisos valley, west of modern Athens.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ Lohmann, Hans. "Lusia". Brill's New Pauly. Retrieved October 9, 2018.
  2. ↑ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. s.v.
  3. ↑ IG II2 6756.
  4. ↑ IG II2 1672 line 195.
  5. ↑ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 59, and directory notes accompanying.
  6. ↑ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

Coordinates: 38°00′02″N 23°41′29″E / 38.000521°N 23.691421°E / 38.000521; 23.691421

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