Epacria or Epakria () was one of the twelve districts 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 ...

, and subsequently, as appears from an inscription, 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 ...

near Plotheia and

Halae Araphenides Halae Araphenides or Halai Araphenides () was a deme of ancient Attica, situated on its eastern coast between Brauron and Araphen, and was the harbour of Brauron, whence persons crossed over to Marmarium in Euboea. Etymology The deme draws th ...

. As the name of a district, it was probably synonymous with Diacria. An ancient grammarian describes the district of Epacria as bordering upon that of the Tetrapolis of Marathon. It is located in northeastern Attica.

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Populated places in ancient Attica Former populated places in Greece Demoi {{AncientAttica-geo-stub