Atene (deme)

Atene (Greek: Ἀτήνη) was a coastal (paralia) deme of Attica, belonging to the Antiochis tribe (phyle), with three representatives in the Boule.[1]

It bordered Anaphlystus to the north and Amphitrope in the east,[1] in what is now the southern part of Saronikos municipality.

It had an area of about 20 km2, including the valleys of Charaka, Hagia Photini and Thimari as well as Gaidouronisi.[1]

The area had been mostly uninhabited prior to the 5th century BC. The first epigraphic mention of Atene dates to 432 BC.[1]

It prospered during the 5th to 4th centuries BC, with a dispersed settlement pattern,[2] but was depopulated in the 3rd century BC, probably in the wake of the Chremonidean War.

References
  1. Lohmann, Hans. "Atene". Brill’s New Pauly. Brill Online. doi:10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e205340.
  2. "with a purely dispersed settlement pattern, consisting only of widely scattered farmsteads" Lohmann (1992:35).

Sources
  • Hans Lohmann, Agriculture and country life in classical Attica (1992).


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