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ANGELI (Ancient demos) MARKOPOULO MESSOGEAS
The ancient deme was located between modern Markopoulo and Porto-Rafti, at the place called "Angelisi", where the church of the Holy Trinity (Agia Triada) is.
KYDANTIDES (Ancient demos) MARKOPOULO MESSOGEAS
Small deme of Attica, its position in Mesogeia. In ancient times along with the deme Filaidae it probably consisted the city of Vravron.
MYRINOUS (Ancient demos) MARKOPOULO MESSOGEAS
Modern Merenda, is the place where the ancient deme of Myrrhinous was once positioned, a place rich in archaelogical findings.
FILAIDES (Ancient demos) MARKOPOULO MESSOGEAS
Philaidae (Philaidai) appears to have been near Brauron, since it is said to have derived its name from Philaeus, the son of the Telamonian Ajax, who dwelt in Brauron. Philaidae was the demus of Peisistratus. (Plut. Sol. 10; Plat. Hipparch. p. 228; Paus. i. 35. § 2; Herod. vi. 35.)
MYRINOUS (Ancient demos) MARKOPOULO MESSOGEAS
Myrrhinus (Murrhinous) lay to the east of Prasiae or Porto Raphti, at Meronda, as appears from inscriptions found at this place. Artemis Colaenis was worshipped at Myrrhinus (Paus. i. 31. § 4; Schol. ad Aristoph. Av. 874); and in one of the inscriptions at Meronda mention is made of a temple of Artemis Colaenis. (Bockh, Inscr. No. 100.) (See also Strab. ix. p. 399; Steph.; Phot.)
PRASSIES (Ancient demos) PORTO RAFTI
Prasiae (Prasiai), on the east coast, between Potamus and Steiria, with an excellent harbour, from which the Theoria or sacred procession used to sail. Here was a temple of Apollo, and also the tomb of Erysichthon, who died at this place on his return from Delos. (Strab. ix. p. 399; Paus. i. 31. § 2; Thuc. viii. 95; Liv. xxxi. 45.) The ruins of the demus are seen on the north-east side of the bay. The harbour, now called Porto Rafti, is the best on the eastern coast of Attica, and is both deep and capacious. The entrance of the harbour is more than a mile in breadth; and in the centre of the entrance there is a rocky islet, upon which is a colossal statue of white marble, from which the harbour has derived its modem name, since it is commonly supposed to bear some resemblance to a tailor (rhaphtes) at work. The best description of this statue is given by Ross, who remarks that it evidently belongs to the Roman period, and probably to the first or second century after the Christian era. (Ross, Reisen auf den Griech. Inseln, vol. ii. p. 9; comp. Leake, p. 72; Wordsworth, p. 217.) We also learn from Ross that in the middle of the bay there is a rocky promontory with ruins of the middle ages upon it, which promontory Ross supposes to be the Coroneia of Stephanus
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
STIRIA (Ancient demos) ATTIKI
Steiria (Steph.; Hesych.; Suid.; Plin. iv. 7. s. 11), on the east coast, between Prasiae and Brauron. (Strab. ix. p. 399.) Wordsworth says that it is an hour's walk from Prasiae to Brauron, and that on the way he passed some ruins, which must be those of Steiria. Stiris in Phocis is said to have been founded by the inhabitants of this demus. (Paus. x. 35. § 8.) The road from Athens to Steiria and the harbour of Prasiae was called the Steiriake hodos. (Plat. Hipparch. p. 229.) Steiria was the demus of Theramenes and Thrasybulus.
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
VRAVRON (Ancient city) ATTICA, EAST
Brauron. One of the twelve ancient cities, but never mentioned as a demus,
though it continued to exist down to the latest times. It was situated on or near
the eastern coast of Attica, between Steiria and Halae Araphenides, near the river
Erasinus. (Strab. viii. p. 371, ix. p. 399.) Its name is apparently preserved
in that of the two villages, called Vraona and Paleo Vraona, situated south of
the Erasinus. Brauron is celebrated on account of the worship of Artemis Brauronia,
in whose honour a festival was celebrated in this place. (Herod. vi. 138.) Here
Orestes and Iphigeneia were supposed to have landed, on their return from Tauris,
bringing with them the statue of the Taurian goddess. (Pans. i. 33. § 1, iii.
16. § 7; Eurip. Iphig. in Taur. 1450, 1462; Nonnus, Dionys. xiii. 186.) This ancient
statue, however, was preserved at Halae Araphenides, which seems to have been
the proper harbour of Brauron, and therefore the place at which the statue first
landed. Pausanias (i. 33. § 1), it is true, speaks of an ancient statue of Artemis
at Brauron; but the statue brought from Tauris is expressly placed by Callimachus
(Hymn. in Dian. 173), and Euripides (Iphig. in Taur. 1452) at Halae; and Strabo
(ix. p. 399) distinguishes the temple of Artemis Tauropolus at Halae Araphenides
from the temple of Artemis Brauronia at Brauron. There was a temple of Artemis
Brauronia on the Acropolis, containing a statue of the goddess by Praxiteles.
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
MYRINOUS (Ancient demos) MARKOPOULO MESSOGEAS
A deme on the eastern coast of Attica, belonging to the tribe Pandionis.
VRAVRON (Ancient city) ATTICA, EAST
A deme of Attica on the eastern bank of the river Erasinus, with a celebrated temple of Artemis, who was in consequence called Brauronia.
MARKOPOULO MESSOGEAS (Municipality) ATTICA, EAST
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