Auridae or Auridai () 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'' of
Hippothontis
Hippothontis () was one of the phyle, phylai (tribes) of classical Athens, created during the reforms of Cleisthenes.
It was named after the legendary hero Hippothoon.
Its demes were Azenia (deme), Azenia, Hamaxanteia, Anakaia, Auridai, Acherdo ...
, but later of the ''phyle'' of
Antigonis, sending one delegate to the
Boule.
Its site is unlocated,
but probably in the
Thriasian Plain.
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References
Populated places in ancient Attica
Former populated places in Greece
Demoi
Lost ancient cities and towns
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