The Paralia () was a geographical and administrative region (''

trittys The ''trittyes'' (; ''trittúes''), singular ''trittys'' (; τριττύς ''trittús'') were part of the organizational structure that divided the population in ancient Attica, and is commonly thought to have been established by the reforms of ...

'') 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 ...

. The term designated the coasts of Attica, but was also generally used for the entire portion of Attica east of Mount Hymettus. The term acquired a technical meaning with the reforms of

Cleisthenes Cleisthenes ( ; ), or Clisthenes (), was an ancient Athenian lawgiver credited with reforming the constitution of ancient Athens and setting it on a democratic footing in 508 BC. For these accomplishments, historians refer to him as "the fath ...

in , when each of the ten Attic tribes was made to territory from comprise three zones (''trittyes''), urban (''

asty Asty (; ) was the physical space of a city or town in Ancient Greece, especially as opposed to the political concept of a ''polis'', which encompassed the entire territory and citizen body of a city-state. In Classical Athens, the ''asty'' was ...

'', the city of Athens), interior (''

mesogeia The Mesogeia or Mesogaia (, "Midlands") is a geographical region of Attica in Greece. History The term designates since antiquity the inland portion of the Attic peninsula. The term acquired a technical meaning with the reforms of Cleisthenes in ...

'') and coastal (''paralia''). In the Classical period, the ''paralia'' comprised about 40 settlements ('' demoi'').

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Geography of ancient Attica {{AncientAttica-geo-stub