Kydathenaion
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Kydathenaion (Greek: Κυδαθήναιον, Latin: Cydathenaeum) was one of the demes in ancient Athens. It belonged in the phyle (tribe) Aigeis (Greek: Αἰγηΐς).[1]
When Cleisthenes formally established the deme system in 508/7 BC, Kydathenaion was the third largest deme after Acharnae and Aphidna.[2] Its population is estimated to have been around 3300–3600 people.[3]
Kydathenaion was one of the five demes located within the walls of the city of Athens (alongside Koile, Kollytos, Melite, and Skambonidai).[4]
Kydathenaion was in the very heart of Athens: it contained Acropolis,[5] and possibly Areopagus.[6]
Notable people from the deme include:
- Cleon (died 422 BC), statesman and a general during the Peloponnesian War[7]
- Andocides (440–390 BC), one of the ten Attic orators[8]
- Aristophanes (c. 446 – c. 386 BC), comic playwright[7]
- Nicochares (died c. 345 BC), comic poet[9]
- Echedemos (fl. 190 BC), statesman, ambassador[10]
Notes
References
- Luke Hendriks (2012). Athens and the Attic Demes. Doctoral thesis, Leiden University.
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