Eiresidae or Eiresidai () 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 ...
, west or southwest of
Cephisia, and adjacent to
Iphistiadae Iphistiadae () or Hephaestiadae () was one of the demes, or townships of Acamantis, one of the ten '' phylae'' of Attica established by Cleisthenes at the end of the sixth century BC. It seems to have been named for Iphistius, an obscure hero, with ...
.
The site of Eiresidae is located west of modern
Kolonos
Kolonos (, ) is a densely populated working-class district of Athens. It is named after the ancient deme, Hippeios Colonus.
The district hosts a multi-year football club, Attikos F.C., that was founded in 1919.
History
Kolonos is the site of anc ...
.
References
Populated places in ancient Attica
Former populated places in Greece
Demoi
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