Aethalidae or Aithalidai () 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 ...
, originally of the ''
phyle
''Phyle'' (, ; 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, Cleist ...
'' of
Leontis
Leontis () was a ''phyle'' (tribe) of Ancient Attica.
The phyle is shown on the base of a statue made after an anthippasia to commemorate the victory of the phyle at the mock battle.
Themistocles belonged to this phyle.
Two horse-men are listed ...
but after 307/6 BCE, of the ''phyle'' of
Antigonis 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 Mac ...
, sending two delegates to the
Athenian Boule.
It is not known for certain where it was located,
but it was probably close to
Eupyridae,
Cropia and
Peleces.
People
*
Eteokles of Aithalidai, father of
Chremonides
References
Populated places in ancient Attica
Former populated places in Greece
Demoi
Lost ancient cities and towns
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