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AFIDNES (Ancient demos) AFIDNES
Aphidna, Aphidnai: Eth. Aphidnaios. Οne of the twelve ancient towns
of Attica (Strab. ix. p. 397), is celebrated in the mythical period as the place
where Theseus deposited Helen, entrusting her to the care of his friend Aphidnus.
When the Dioscuri invaded Attica in search of their sister, the inhabitants of
Deceleia informed the Lacedaemonians where Helen was concealed, and showed them
the way to Aphidna. The Dioscuri thereupon took the town, and carried off their
sister. (Herod. ix. 73; Died. iv. 63; Plut. Thes. 32; Paus. i. 17. § 5, 41. §
3.) We learn, from a decree quoted by Demosthenes (de Coron. p. 238), that Aphidna
was, in his time, a fortified town, and at a greater distance than 120 stadia
from Athens. As an Attic demus, it belonged in succession to the tribes Aeantis
(Plut. Quaest. Symp. i. 10; Harpocrat. s. v. Thurgonidai), Leontis (Steph. B.;
Harpocrat. l. c.), Ptolemais (Hesych.), and Hadrianis (Bockh, Corp. Inscr. 275).
Leake, following Finlay, places Aphidna between Deceleia and Rhamnus,
in the upper valley of the river Marathon, and supposes it to have stood on a
strong and conspicuous height named Kotroni, upon which are considerable remains
indicating the site of a fortified demus. Its distance from Athens is about 16
miles, half as much from Marathon, and something less from Deceleia.
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited May 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
PERIDES (Ancient demos) ATTIKI
Titacidae (Titakidai), Perrhidae (Perrhidai), and Thyrgonidae (Thyrgonidai), were probably all in the neighbourhood of Aphidna. These three demi, together with Aphidna, are said to have been removed from the Aeantis to another tribe. (Harpocr. s. v. Thurgonidai.) Perrhidae is described as a demus in Aphidna (Hesych. Phavor. demos en Aphidnais); and that Titacidae was in the same locality may be inferred from the story of the capture of Aphidna by the Dioscuri in consequence of the treachery of Titacus. (Herod. ix. 73; Steph. s. v. Titakidai.)
This extract is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited August 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
TITAKIDES (Ancient demos) AFIDNES
Titacidae (Titakidai), Perrhidae (Perrhidai), and Thyrgonidae (Thyrgonidai), were probably all in the neighbourhood of Aphidna. These three demi, together with Aphidna, are said to have been removed from the Aeantis to another tribe. (Harpocr. s. v. Thurgonidai.) Perrhidae is described as a demus in Aphidna (Hesych. Phavor. demos en Aphidnais); and that Titacidae was in the same locality may be inferred from the story of the capture of Aphidna by the Dioscuri in consequence of the treachery of Titacus. (Herod. ix. 73; Steph. s. v. Titakidai.)
This extract is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited August 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
PERIDES (Ancient demos) ATTIKI
A deme of Attica belonging to the tribe Antiochis
AFIDNES (Ancient demos) AFIDNES
A deme of Attica, Helen carried off to, captured by Pollux and Castor.
An Attic deme N of Tatoi, on the Athens-Oropos road near the Chapel of Zoodochos Piyi, not far W of the artificial Lake Marathon, on the hill called Kotroni (125 x 40 m). Aphidna was one of the 12 townships of Kekrops. According to legend, Theseus hid Helen there after carrying her off from Sparta; this provoked the Tyndarid War and the Dioskouroi's destruction of Aphidnai. The city was occupied by the Spartans in 412, with the result that Athens suffered a serious wheat supply crisis
This extract is from: The Princeton encyclopedia of classical sites, Princeton University Press 1976. Cited Nov 2002 from Perseus Project URL below, which contains bibliography & interesting hyperlinks.
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