Upper Lamptrai, or Lamptrai Kathyperthen ( grc, Λαμπτραὶ καθύπερθεν) or Lamptra Kathyperthen (Λάμπτρα καθύπερθεν), was a ''
deme
In Ancient Greece, a deme or ( grc, δῆμος, plural: demoi, δημοι) was a suburb or a subdivision of Classical Athens, Athens and other city-states. Demes as simple subdivisions of land in the countryside seem to have existed in the 6th ...
'' of
ancient Attica. Lamptrai Kathyperthen and nearby
Coastal Lamptrai Coastal Lamptrai, or Lamptrai Paraliai ( grc, Λαμπτραὶ παράλιαι) or Lamptra Paralios (Λάμπτρα παράλιος), also known as Lamptrai Hypenerthen (Λαμπτραὶ ὑπένερθεν) or Lamptra Hypenerthen (Λάμπτρ� ...
(Lamptrai Paraloi) were between
Anagyrus
''Anagyrus'' is a large genus of parasitic wasps from the family Encyrtidae. ''Anagyrus'' is distributed throughout the world. A subgenus of ''Anagyrus'' is known as ''Nesoanagyrus'' (Beardsley 1969)
Species
There are at least 247 species in t ...
,
Thorae, and
Aegilia. At Lamptra the grave of
Cranaus In Greek mythology, Cranaus or Kranaos (;Ancient Greek: Κραναός) was the second King of Athens, succeeding Cecrops I.
Family
Cranaus married Pedias, a Spartan woman and daughter of Mynes, with whom he had three daughters: Cranaë, Cra ...
was shown.
The site of Upper Lamptrai was near modern
Lambrika.
References
Populated places in ancient Attica
Former populated places in Greece
Demoi
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