Phrearrhii or Phrearrhioi or Phrearroi ( gr, Φρεάρριοι) was a
deme
In Ancient Greece, a deme or ( grc, δῆμος, plural: demoi, δημοι) was a suburb or a subdivision of Athens and other city-states. Demes as simple subdivisions of land in the countryside seem to have existed in the 6th century BC and ear ...
of the coastal (''
paralia'') region of
ancient Attica, belonging to the
Leontis tribe (''
phyle
''Phyle'' ( gr, φυλή, phulē, "tribe, clan"; pl. ''phylai'', φυλαί; derived from ancient Greek φύεσθαι "to descend, to originate") is an ancient Greek term for tribe or clan. Members of the same ''phyle'' were known as ''symphylet ...
''), with nine to ten representatives in the ''
Boule''.
It was situated roughly 30 km (20 mi) south-east of
Athens
Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...
, bordering the deme of
Anaphlystos Anaphlystus or Anaphlystos ( grc, Ἀνάφλυστος) was a coastal (paralia) deme of ancient Athens, belonging to the Antiochis#Athenian_clan_(phyle), Antiochis phyle, on the west coast of Attica, opposite the island of Eleussa, and a little nor ...
to the south-west, just north of
Attic Olympus
Laureotic Olympus (named for the region of Laurium, also Όλυμπος Αττικής "Attic Olympus", Σκόρδι) is a hill in Attica, just north of Anavyssos, in Saronikos municipality, East Attica, Greece.
At a height of 487 m is on ...
, close to modern Pheriza (Φέριζα), in the
Lavreotiki municipality.
The Athenian statesman
Themistocles
Themistocles (; grc-gre, Θεμιστοκλῆς; c. 524–459 BC) was an Athenian politician and general. He was one of a new breed of non-aristocratic politicians who rose to prominence in the early years of the Athenian democracy. A ...
was a native of Phrearrhioi.
Its site is located east of modern
Olymbos.
References
Populated places in ancient Attica
Former populated places in Greece
Demoi
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