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Antigonis And Demetrias
Antigonis and Demetrias () were two tribes () added by the ancient Athenians, in this order, to the previous list of 10 Athenian tribes in the year 307–306 B.C., sometime after the fifth prytany. The names of the tribes were chosen to honor Macedonian king Demetrios Poliorketes and his father, Antigonos I Monophthalmos, by adding them to the list of Eponymous Heroes of Athens, effectively making them into gods. This change followed Demetrios expelling Kassandros from Athens and the end of the semi-oligarchic rule of Demetrios of Phaleron in 307 B.C. In 200 B.C., when Athens was involved in the Second Macedonian War against Macedon, the Antigonis and Demetrias were disbanded, and public inscriptions about them erased. While Athenians added the new to the top of their list, modern researchers use Roman numerals XI and XII to designate Antigonis and Demetrias respectively. Changes to the Athenian governance The creation of new tribes is described by Plutarch in his '' Life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phylai
''Phyle'' (, ; Plural, pl. ''phylai'', ; derived from Greek , ''phyesthai'' ) is an ancient Greek term for tribe or clan. Members of the same ''phyle'' were known as ''symphyletai'' () meaning 'fellow tribesmen'. During the late 6th century BC, Cleisthenes organized the population of Athens in ten ''phylai'' (tribes), each consisting of three Trittys, ''trittyes'' ("thirtieths"), with each ''trittys'' comprising a number of Deme, demes. Tribes and demes had their own officers and were self-administered. Some ''phylai'' can be classified by their geographic location, such as the Geleontes, the Argadeis, the Hopletes, and the Agikoreis in Ionia, as well as the Hylleans, the Pamphyles, the Dymanes in Dorian Pentapolis, Doris. Attic tribes First period The best-attested new system was that created by Cleisthenes for Attica in or just after 508 BC. The landscape was regarded as comprising three zones: urban (''asty''), coastal (''Paralia (trittys), paralia'') and inland (''mesogeia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |