Akamantis (phyle)
Akamantis ( Greek Ἀκαμάντις ) was the fifth of ten administrative regions ( Phylen ) into which Kleisthenes entered during his reforms at the end of the 6th century BC. BC divided the Attic peninsula . Of the three earlier zones of Attica, Akamantis included the Trittyen Cholargos (from the urban area), Sphettos (from the inland) and Thorikos (from the coastal area).
The philosopher Aeschines , a student of Socrates, came from the inland demos Sphettos of the region . The urban district of Cholargos, on the other hand, was not only the birthplace of the architect Xenocles (who completed the Demeter sanctuary of Eleusis ), but also that of the famous statesman Pericles , who - as the successor of Kleisthenes - entered Athens into the Attic democracy and its golden age in the 5th century Age led.
The phyle owes its name to the mythical Troy fighter Akamas , a son of Theseus and Phaidra .
literature
- Johannes Toepffer : Akamantis 2. In: Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 1, Stuttgart 1893, column 1142.