Phrearrhii or Phrearrhioi or Phrearroi () 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 the coastal ('' paralia'') region 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 ...

, belonging to the

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 ...

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 ...

''), with nine to ten representatives in the '' Boule''. It was situated roughly 30 km (20 mi) south-east of

Athens Athens ( ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city of Greece. A significant coastal urban area in the Mediterranean, Athens is also the capital of the Attica (region), Attica region and is the southe ...

, bordering the deme of Anaphlystos to the south-west, just north of Attic Olympus, close to modern Pheriza (Φέριζα), in the

Lavreotiki Lavreotiki is a Communities and Municipalities of Greece, municipality at the southeasternnmost tip of the Attica peninsula in the Greece, Greek regional unit of East Attica. Its municipal seat is the town of Laurium (''Lavrio''). It is historica ...

municipality. The Athenian statesman

Themistocles Themistocles (; ; ) 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. As a politician, Themistocles was a populist, having th ...

was a native of Phrearrhioi. Its site is located east of modern Olymbos.

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