Azenia (Attica)

Azenia (Ancient Greek: Ἀζηνία) was a deme of ancient Athens 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]

People
gollark: Works for me.
gollark: Fascinating.
gollark: (or at least weren't very well-known, I assume)
gollark: It's weird that concepts as basic to us as the place value numeral thing didn't exist back in Roman times.
gollark: Wow, what a "useful" feature of Roman numerals?!

References
  1. Strabo. Geographica. ix. p.398. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  2. Harpocr., s.v.; Hesych., s.v.; Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. s.v.
  3. Pausanias. Description of Greece. 1.1.1.
  4. Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. s.v. Πατρόκλου νῆσος.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Attica". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.


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