Paeonidae or Paionidai (), 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 ...

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 ...

, associated with the tribe (''

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 ...

'')

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 ...

. It was apparently the same as the Paeonia or Paionia (Παιονίη), which Herodotus located as being below the Attic fortress of Leipsydrium. The site of Paeonidae is located north of modern

Acharnes Acharnes, also known as Menidi is a municipality in the East Attica regional unit in Greece. With 108,169 inhabitants (2021 census), it is the ninth most populous municipality in Greece. It lies just north of the Athens urban area. Geography T ...

(formerly Menidi) at the foot of Mount Parnes. According to the second-century geographer Pausanias, the Paeonidae were supposed to have been named after Paeon, the son of

Antilochus In Greek mythology, Antilochus (; Ancient Greek: Ἀντίλοχος ''Antílokhos'') was a prince of Pylos and one of the Achaeans in the Trojan War. He was the youngest prince to command troops. Family Antilochus was the son of King Nestor ...

, who was the son of Nestor, and one of the

suitors of Helen In Greek mythology, the Suitors of Helen of Troy came from many kingdoms of Greece to compete for the hand of the Spartan princess Helen, daughter of Zeus and Leda. Mythology Selection of the husband When it was time for Helen of Troy to marr ...

, who fought in the

Trojan War The Trojan War was a legendary conflict in Greek mythology that took place around the twelfth or thirteenth century BC. The war was waged by the Achaeans (Homer), Achaeans (Ancient Greece, Greeks) against the city of Troy after Paris (mytho ...

.Grimal, s.v. Paeon, p. 335; Larcher
p. 141
Smith 1873
s.v. Paeon 2.
Pausanias
2.18.8–9

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