Cydantidae
Cydantidae or Kydantidai (Ancient Greek: Κυδαντίδαι) was a deme in ancient Attica, originally of the phyle of Aegeis, after 224/3 BCE of the phyle of , sending one or two delegates to the Athenian Boule.[1]
This deme, along with that of Ionidae, venerated the kolokratai; these two demoi were the only ones, as far as we know, to venerate deities together.[2]
Its site is located near .[3][4]
People[]
- Nicias, Athenian politician and general
References[]
- ^ Lohmann, Hans. "Cydantidae". Brill's New Pauly. Retrieved October 10, 2018.
- ^ David Whitehead (1993). "The kolokratai of Kydantidai and Ionidai". Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik. 95: 159–162.
- ^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 59, and directory notes accompanying.
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
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Coordinates: 38°02′51″N 23°53′31″E / 38.047374°N 23.891947°E
Categories:
- Populated places in ancient Attica
- Former populated places in Greece
- Demoi
- Ancient Attica geography stubs