Alopece Explained
Alopece (Ancient Greek: Ἀλωπεκή, romanised: Alopeke), also spelt as Alopecae, was an asty-deme of the city of Athens,[1] but located exterior to the city wall of Athens.[2] [3] Alopece was situated only eleven or twelve stadia from the city,[4] and not far from Cynosarges. It possessed a temple of Aphrodite,[5] and also apparently one of Hermaphroditus.[6]
Alopece belonged to the tribal group Antiochis.[7]
Burial site
The tomb of Anchimolius is near the temple of Hercules at Cynosarges, within Alopece.[8] [9]
Natives
Lysimachus II – son of Aristides I, Aristides II – son of Lysimachus II, Thucydides II – son of Melesias II, Melesias II – son of Thucydides I, Socrates, son of Sophroniscus (of the tribe of Alopece[10]).[11]
Critobolus (c.5/4th century BC) son of Crito (also of the deme), both followers of Socrates.[12]
Hermogenes (c.445 to after 392 BC), was credited by Xenophon as being the source of much information about the latter part Socrates' life. In addition he is a participant in Cratylus, and is mentioned in Phaedo.[13]
Megacles son of Hippocrates, Cleisthenes' nephew and leader of the Alcmaeonids. Also Callias, son of Cratias.[14] [15]
Megacles V, son of Megacles IV. Melesius, a famous wrestler, father of Thucydides I.[16]
Satyrus, brother of Lacadaemonius, was arbitrator at a trial involving a dispute on the release of an enslaved woman, who had stolen from her owner prior to her release.[17] [18]
Property
Timarchus had a farm there (97), eleven or twelve stades from the city wall (99).[2]
Records dating from the years 367 to 366, show a person from Lakiadai had acquired property in this deme, which was previously owned by a person affiliated with Xypetē.[19]
See also
External links
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Notes and References
- [John Gilbert Cooper|JG Cooper]
- Book: Against Timarchus. Aeschines. Aeschines. translation and commentary by C. Carey, Professor of Greek at University College London c.2010 . University of Texas Press, 1 January 2010 . 22 March 2015. 9780292782778 . 1 January 2010 .
- The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica - Aeschines [Retrieved 22 March 2015]
- Aesch. c. Timarch. p. 119, ed. Reiske
- Böckh, Inscr. n. 395
- Alciphr. Ep. 3.37.
- [Herodotus]
- [Herodotus]
- Herodotus translated by Rev.W.Beloe – Volume 2 (p.188) P.P. Berresford, 1828 (Original from the University of Michigan, Digitized 10 August 2007) [Retrieved 21 March 2015]
- https://books.google.com/books?id=ZWEIAAAAQAAJ&dq=Alopece+Socrates&pg=PA460 Encyclopædia Britannica: or, A dictionary of arts and sciences, compiled by a society of gentlemen in Scotland [ed. by W. Smellie]. Suppl. to the 3rd. ed., by G. Gleig (p.460)
- Debra Nails (Professor of Philosophy, Michigan State University.)- The People of Plato (p.312) Hackett Publishing [Retrieved 21 March 2015]
- T Curnow (c.2006 Senior Lecturer: Division of Religion and Philosophy, St Martin's College, Lancaster) – The Philosophers of the Ancient World: An A-Z Guide (p.88) A&C Black, 22 June 2006 [Retrieved 21 March 2015]
- A Preus (Distinguished Teaching Professor at Binghamton University) – Historical Dictionary of Ancient Greek Philosophy (p.189) Rowman & Littlefield, 12 February 2015 [Retrieved 21 March 2015]
- Book: Aspects of Greek History 750–323BC: A Source-Based Approach. T Buckley. Routledge, 25 February 2010. 560 pages. 22 March 2015. 9781135281847. 25 February 2010.
- verified at Aristotle (translated by FG Kenyon- The Athenian Constitution (Part 22) MindFull Media, 28 January 2015 (163 pages) [Retrieved 2015-3-22]
- D Nails – The People of Plato p.340 [Retrieved 22 March 2015]
- Wolpert, Andrew; Kapparis, Konstantinos – Legal Speeches of Democratic Athens: Sources for Athenian History p.204 Hackett Publishing, 9 September 2011 Retrieved 7 February 2017
- Johnstone, Steven – A History of Trust in Ancient Greece p.15-16 University of Chicago Press, 1 October 2011 Retrieved 7 February 2017
- Book: The Athenian Nation (p.125). E. Cohen. Princeton University Press, 10 January 2009 (reprint) 272 pages . 30 May 2015. 978-1400824663. 10 January 2009.
