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 Ptolemais, 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 Mendeli Monastery.[3][4]

People

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  • Nicias, Athenian politician and general

References

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  1. ^ Lohmann, Hans. "Cydantidae". Brill's New Pauly. Retrieved October 10, 2018.
  2. ^ David Whitehead (1993). "The kolokratai of Kydantidai and Ionidai". Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik. 95: 159–162.
  3. ^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 59, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
  4. ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

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