Location information

Cydathenaeum

KYDATHINEI (Ancient demos) ATHENS
It is positioned within the city of Athens, and more accurately to the N & NE slope of the Acropolis.

Cydathenaeum

Cydathenaeum, Kudathenaion: Eth. Kudathenaieis. A demus belonging to the tribe Pandionis. (Harp. Suid. Steph. Phot.) The name is apparently compounded of kudos glory, and Athenaios, and is hence explained by Hesychius as endoxos Athenaios.

This extract is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited June 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD)
• http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Per...