Halae Aexonides or Halai Aixonides (), also known as Aexonides Halae or Aixonides Halai (Αἰξωνίδες Ἁλαί), was a
deme
In Ancient Greece, a deme or (, plural: ''demoi'', δήμοι) was a suburb or a subdivision of Classical Athens, Athens and other city-states. Demes as simple subdivisions of land in the countryside existed in the 6th century BC and earlier, bu ...
of
ancient Attica
The regions of ancient Greece were sub-divisions of the Hellenic world as conceived by the ancient Greeks, shown by their presence in the works of ancient historians and geographers or in surviving legends and myths.
Conceptually, there is no cl ...
, a little south of
Aexone. It derived its name from its salt-works. Its surname distinguishes it from
Halae Araphenides
Halae Araphenides or Halai Araphenides () was a deme of ancient Attica, situated on its eastern coast between Brauron and Araphen, and was the harbour of Brauron, whence persons crossed over to Marmarium in Euboea.
Etymology
The deme draws th ...
. Its most important sanctuary was
Temple of Apollo Zoster
The Temple of Apollo Zoster is an ancient Greek temple, the remains of which are located at Vouliagmeni in Athens, Greece.
Location and discovery
The temple was uncovered when children from the Vouliagmeni orphanage were playing on what is now ...
, ruins of which remain in modern
Vouliagmeni
Vouliagmeni (, meaning "sunken") is a seaside suburb and former municipality 20 km south of Athens city centre. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Vari-Voula-Vouliagmeni, of which it is a municipal unit. The ...
.
The site of Halae Aexonides is located at the ''Palaichori'' near
Voula
Voula () is a southern suburb of Athens along the Athens coast and former municipality in East Attica, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Vari-Voula-Vouliagmeni, of which it is the seat and a municipal u ...
(and Vouliagmeni).
References
Populated places in ancient Attica
Former populated places in Greece
Demoi
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