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Cecrops (/ ˈsiːkrɒps /; Ancient Greek: Κέκροψ, romanized: Kekrops; gen Κέκροπος, Kékropos) was a mythical king of Attica which derived from him its name Cecropia, having previously borne the name of Acte or Actice (from Actaeus). He was the founder and the first king of Athens itself though preceded in the region by the earth ...
Attica (Greek: Αττική, Ancient Greek Attikḗ or Attikī́, Ancient Greek: [atːikɛ̌ː] or Modern:), or the Attic Peninsula, is a historical region that encompasses the entire Athens metropolitan area, which consists of the city of Athens, the capital of Greece and the core city of the metropolitan area, as well as its surrounding suburban cities and towns.
In Greek mythology, Periphas (/ ˈpɛrɪfəs /; Ancient Greek: Περίφας, [ 1 ]Períphās "conspicuousness") was a legendary king of Attica, whom Zeus turned into an eagle. [ 2 ] Aside from a passing reference in Ovid 's Metamorphoses, the only known source for this story is the second century AD or later Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalis.
Before the Athenian democracy, the tyrants, and the Archons, the city-state of Athens was ruled by kings.Most of these are probably mythical or only semi-historical. The following lists contain the chronological order of the title King of Athens (also prescribed earlier as kings of Attica), a semi-mythological title.
Theseus and Procrustes, Attic red-figure neck-amphora, 470–460 BC, Staatliche Antikensammlungen (Inv. 2325). In Greek mythology, Procrustes (/ p r oʊ ˈ k r ʌ s t iː z /; Greek: Προκρούστης Prokroustes, "the stretcher [who hammers out the metal]"), also known as Prokoptas, Damastes (Δαμαστής, "subduer") or Polypemon, was a rogue smith and bandit from Attica who attacked ...
Icaria or Ikaria (Ancient Greek: Ἰκαρία), also known as Icarium or Ikarion (Ἰκάριον), was a deme of ancient Attica.It holds pride of place due to its prominence in Greek mythology as the place where Icarius received Dionysus, who taught him the art of making wine.
Brauron. Brauron (/ ˈbrɔːrɒn /; Ancient Greek: Βραυρών) was one of the twelve cities of ancient Attica, but never mentioned as a deme, though it continued to exist down to the latest times. It was situated on or near the eastern coast of Attica, between Steiria and Halae Araphenides, near the river Erasinus. Brauron is celebrated on ...
Colonus or Kolonos ( / kəˈloʊnəs /; Ancient Greek: Κολωνός, translit. Kolōnós) was a deme of the phyle Aegeis, of ancient Attica, celebrated as the deme of Sophocles, and the scene of one of the poet's tragedies, was situated ten stadia from the gate of the city, called Dipylum, near Plato's Academy and the river Cephissus. [ 1][ 2 ...