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Aiantis

of the tribe of Aiantis died from wounds sustained in the Battle of Plataea. The playwright Aeschylus came from deme Eleusis in Aiantis. His family were

Aiantis

Deme

Administrative unit in ancient Athens

the ten tribes, except Aiantis, provided three demes (not necessarily one for trittyes); the missing contribution of Aiantis was covered by two demes

Deme

Ajax the Great

Character in Greek Mythology

worshipped at Athens, where he had a statue in the market-place, and the tribe Aiantis was named after him. Pausanias also relates that a gigantic skeleton, its

Ajax the Great

Ajax_the_Great

Oenoe (Marathon)

Oenoe (Ancient Greek: Οἰνόη, romanized: Oinoē) was one of four demoi of ancient Athens situated in the small plain of Marathon open to the sea between

Oenoe (Marathon)

Oenoe_(Marathon)

Phyle

Ancient Greek term for tribe or clan

Oineis (Οἰνηΐς) 7. Kekropis (Κεκροπίς) 8. Hippothontis (Ἱπποθοντίς) 9. Aiantis (Αἰαντίς) 10. Antiochis (Ἀντιοχίς). After this so called Period I that

Phyle

List of ancient Greek tribes

They lived in Attica (included ancient Athenians) (Marathon is in Attica) Aiantis (named after Ajax) (Aeschylus was a member of this tribe) Aigeis (named

List of ancient Greek tribes

List_of_ancient_Greek_tribes

Trittys

Ancient Athenian subdivision

having only nine representatives/councilors (such as the city section of Aiantis), with others not having much more. The amount of representation for each

Trittys

Monument of the Eponymous Heroes

Monument in ancient Athens

of Athens VIII Hippothoon Hippothontis Mythical king of Eleusis IX Aias Aiantis Mythological hero that fought in Trojan War X Antiochus Antiochis Son of

Monument of the Eponymous Heroes

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Battle of Plataea

Land battle during the second Persian invasion of Greece (479 BC)

come across a memorial to the casualties incurred by the phyle (tribe) of Aiantis, and assumed these were the total Athenian casualties. The historians Michael

Battle of Plataea

Battle_of_Plataea

Antigonis and Demetrias

demes to provide fifteen demes for each of the new tribes (only the small Aiantis phyle was spared). The legislative calendar was changed from ten prytanies

Antigonis and Demetrias

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