Acharnae or Acharnai (/əˈkɑːr.niː/; Ancient Greek: Ἀχαρναί) was a deme of ancient Athens. It was part of the phyle Oineis. Acharnae, according to Thucydides...
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Apollodorus (Greek: Ἀπολλόδωρος, translit. Apollodōros; 394 – after 343 BCE) of Acharnae in Attica was an Athenian politician known from several ancient forensic...
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Apollonius of Acharnae (Ancient Greek: Άπολλώνιος) was a heortologist and writer of ancient Greece who lived in the late 2nd century BCE. He was the author...
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historically been an Arvanite settlement. Acharnes was named after the deme Acharnae (Ancient Greek: Ἁχαρναί), a subdivision of Athens in classical antiquity...
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degree as a polis in miniature, and indeed some demes, such as Eleusis and Acharnae, were in fact significant towns. Each deme had a demarchos who supervised...
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immediately set upon by a mob of aged farmers and charcoal burners from Acharnae – tough veterans of past wars who hate the Spartans for destroying their...
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ridiculed Demosthenes' "theatricality", whilst Aeschines regarded Leodamas of Acharnae as superior to him. Demosthenes relied heavily on the different aspects...
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Cleomedes, son of Lycomedes Critias Diocles Dracontides Erasistratus of Acharnae Eratosthenes (not the well-known scholar) Eucleides Eumathes Hiero Hippolochus...
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Hellespont Nağara, pronounced Nara Abydus Acanthus Athos Ierissos Erisso Acharnae near Acharnes and Ano Liosia, about 10 km north of Athens Acharnes Menidi...
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public places, and the entrances to homes. As such he was worshiped at Acharnae, Mycenae, and at Tegea. The origin of the worship of Apollo Agyieus in...
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man to keep such women under the same roof as his wife. Apollodorus of Acharnae said that hetaera were concubines when they had a permanent relationship...
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Pallene's league, along with Gargettus, Pallene, both neighboring Pithus, and Acharnae. The deme also celebrated its thesmophoria, led by two local women. Its...
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mountain dates back to ancient times, when it was under the ancient demes of Acharnae and Decelea. Towns surrounding the mountain include Aspropyrgos, Fyli,...
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are incomplete fragments, primarily of an oath from this priesthood at Acharnae. From these circumstances, it has been surmised by some scholars (primarily...
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Peisander (fl. 429 - 411 BC) was an Athenian from the demos of Acharnae, who played a prominent part in the Athenian coup of 411 BC, which briefly replaced...
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Megacles of Athens Chariot-race None 485 (?) Nemean 2 (M) Timodemus of Acharnae Pancration None 485 (?) Nemean 7 Sogenes of Aegina Boys' Pentathlon Neoptolemus...
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Parnes, through which runs the direct road from Thebes to Attica, past Acharnae. On the northern side of the pass was the territory of Tanagra. Phyle is...
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(runner), 1st century Macedonian runner who won the Olympics Apollodorus of Acharnae (394–after 343), Athenian politician and subject of many of Demosthenes'...
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"Against Neaera" was a prosecution speech delivered by Apollodoros of Acharnae against the freedwoman Neaera. It was preserved as part of the Demosthenic...
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Πύλαι, "Gate of the Graves") Acharnian Gate (Ἀχαρνικαὶ Πύλαι, "Gate of Acharnae") Northeastern Gate (modern name, ancient name unknown) Diochares Gate...
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Stephanus of Byzantium Apollonius Attaleus, writer on dreams Apollonius of Acharnae, ancient Greek writer on festivals Apollonius of Laodicea, writer on astrology...
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the age of twenty. The ephebic oath is preserved on an inscription from Acharnae, which was written in the mid-fourth century BC. Other versions of the...
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Secundus of Sphettus ca. 115 Galerius Em- 116–117 Flavius Macrinus of Acharnae ca. 120 Fulvius Metrodorus of Sounium ca. 120 Zopyrus son of Dionysius...
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Axiochus, Cratylus, Eryxias, Philebus, Protagoras, Theaetetus Callicles of Acharnae Gorgias Cebes of Thebes Phaedo Crito; Epistle XIII Cephalus of Clazomenae...
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sanctuary was a key religious site for the four neighbouring demes of Pallene, Acharnae, Gargettus, and Paeania, which together formed a league. The alignment...
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deme system in 508/7 BC, Kydathenaion was the third largest deme after Acharnae and Aphidna. Its population is estimated to have been around 3,300–3,600...
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Bilzingsleben Hirschlanden Königsaue Pfahlbau Museum Unteruhldingen Federsee Acharnae, Athens ( Mycenaean tomb) Aegina (Temple of Aphaea, Temple of Zeus), Attica...
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included the "Precepts of Chiron". Apparently it was among works from Acharnae written in heroic hexameters and attached to the famous name of Hesiod...
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the Pseudo-Demosthenic works are six of those written for Apollodorus of Acharnae, (46, 49, 50, 52, 53, and 59), all of which seem to have been written by...
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orations surviving in the Demosthenic corpus, and delivered by Apollodoros of Acharnae. The second speech against Stephanos, preserved as Demosthenes' 46th, was...
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