Anaphlystus or Anaphlystos ( grc, Ἀνάφλυστος) was a coastal (paralia)
deme
In Ancient Greece, a deme or ( grc, δῆμος, plural: demoi, δημοι) was a suburb or a subdivision of Classical Athens, Athens and other city-states. Demes as simple subdivisions of land in the countryside seem to have existed in the 6th ...
of
ancient Athens
Athens is one of the oldest named cities in the world, having been continuously inhabited for perhaps 5,000 years. Situated in southern Europe, Athens became the leading city of Ancient Greece in the first millennium BC, and its cultural achieve ...
, belonging to the
Antiochis phyle, on the west coast of Attica, opposite the island of
Eleussa, and a little north of the promontory of
Sunium
Cape Sounion (Modern Greek: Aκρωτήριο Σούνιο ''Akrotírio Soúnio'' ; grc, Ἄκρον Σούνιον ''Άkron Soúnion'', latinized ''Sunium''; Venetian: ''Capo Colonne'' "Cape of Columns") is the promontory at the southernmost ...
, between that promontory and that of
Astypalaea
In Greek mythology, Astypalaea (Ancient Greek: Ἀστυπάλαια ) or Astypale was a Phoenician princess as the daughter of King Phoenix and Perimede, daughter of Oeneus; thus she was the sister of Europa. In some accounts, her mother was ...
. It bordered on
Aegilia to the west, to
Atene in the south-east and to
Amphitrope Amphitrope ( gr, Ἀμφιτρόπη) was a minor coastal (''paralia'') deme of ancient Attica, belonging to the Antiochis tribe (''phyle''), with two representatives in the Boule.
It was situated in the valley of Legrena, between mount Baphi to ...
to the east. To the northwest, it was separated from
Phrearrhioi Phrearrhii or Phrearrhioi or Phrearroi ( gr, Φρεάρριοι) was a deme of the coastal ('' paralia'') region of ancient Attica, belonging to the Leontis tribe (''phyle''), with nine to ten representatives in the '' Boule''.
It was situated ro ...
by the ''
Astike Hodos''.
It was a place of some importance. It had ten representatives in the
Boule.
Xenophon
Xenophon of Athens (; grc, Ξενοφῶν ; – probably 355 or 354 BC) was a Greek military leader, philosopher, and historian, born in Athens. At the age of 30, Xenophon was elected commander of one of the biggest Greek mercenary armies of ...
recommended the erection of a fortress here for the protection of the mines of Sunium.
Strabo speaks of a
paneium (Πανεῖον), or Grotto of
Pan, in the neighbourhood of Anaphlystus.
It was situated at a site called Agios Georgios (St. George),
close to the modern settlement of
Anavyssos
Anavyssos ( el, Ανάβυσσος) is a town and a former municipality in East Attica, Greece located in the Athens Riviera. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Saronikos, of which it is a municipal unit. The m ...
, on the
Athens Riviera
Athens Riviera is the coastal area in the southern suburbs of Athens, Greece from Piraeus to Sounio. It is located about from downtown Athens stretching from the southern suburbs of Athens to the southernmost point of Attica, Cape Sounio.
Hist ...
.
References
Ancient Athens
Populated places in ancient Attica
Former populated places in Greece
Demoi
{{AncientAttica-geo-stub