Antiochis (tribe) explained

Antiochis was one of the ten tribes (phylai) into which the Ancient Athenians were divided.^{[1] [2]}

Location and history

Is named after Antiochus, son of Heracles and Meda (daughter of Phylas, king of Ephyra).^{[3] [4]}

Antiochis comprised 13 demes: Aigilia, Alopeke, Amphitrope, Anaphlystos, Atene, Besa, Eitea, Eroiadai, Kolonai, Krioa, Pallene, Semachidai, and Thorai.^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

Phalerum was a harbour belonging to the tribe. From this harbour the voyages of Theseus and Menestheus were said to have begun, for Crete and Troy respectively.^[9]

Socrates belonged to this tribe.^{[10] [11]} The tribe was in possession of the prytany in the Council, at the time of the events concerning the ten generals active for Athens' navy in the battle of Arginusae.^{[11] [12] [13]}

Aristeides was in command of this tribe's contingent during the Battle of Marathon.^[14]

Notes and References

1. E Vanderpool - Studies in Attic Epigraphy, History, and Topography: Presented to Eugene Vanderpool (p.170) ASCSA, 1982 [Retrieved 2015-04-17]
2. NF. Jones - Ionian tribes DOI: 10.1002/9781444338386.wbeah04146 Published Online: 26 OCT 2012 The Encyclopedia of Ancient History[Retrieved 2015-04-17](ed. for nature of word < phylai >)
3. N Fikri Alican - Rethinking Plato: A Cartesian Quest for the Real Plato (p.331) Rodopi, 2012 [Retrieved 2015-04-17]
4. [Richard L. Hunter|R Hunter]
5. Book: Papazarkadas, Nikolaos. Sacred and Public Land in Ancient Athens. 295. OUP Oxford. 2011. 978-0-19-969400-6.
6. John S. Traill The Political Organization of Attica: A Study of the Demes, Trittyes, and Phylai, and Their Representation in the Athenian Council, Volumes 14-16 (p.13) ASCSA, 1975 [Retrieved 2015-04-17]
7. O Palagia, A Spetsieri-Choremi - The Panathenaic Games: Proceedings of an International Conference held at the University of Athens, May 11-12, 2004 (p.77) Oxbow Books, 26 Feb 2015 [Retrieved 2015-04-17]
8. John S. Traill - (same source as given previously here)[Retrieved 2015-04-17]
9. J Robinson (D.D., Rector of Clifton, Westmoreland.) - Archaeologia Graeca, or the Antiquities of Greece; chiefly designed to illustrate the Greek Classics. To which are prefixed, a brief history of the Grecian States, and biographical sketches of the principal Greek writers 1827 [Retrieved 2015-04-17]
10. Nails, D - "Socrates" - A Chronology of the historical Socrates in the context of Athenian history and the dramatic dates of Plato's dialogues The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Spring 2014 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.)[Retrieved 2015-04-17]
11. Book: Introductory Readings in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy . . PL Miller . CDC Reeve . Reeve . Apology . 72 . Hackett Publishing . 2015 . 978-1-62466-354-3. 2015-04-17.
12. Oxford Dictionary - prytany Oxford University Press [Retrieved 2015-04-17]
13. M Dillon, L Garland (lecturer in Classics and Ancient History at the University of New England, New South Wales) - Ancient Greece: Social and Historical Documents from Archaic Times to the Death of Alexander (p.119) Routledge, 18 Jun 2010 (revised) [Retrieved 2015-04-17]
14. N Sekunda (Ph.D 1981, taught at the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology in Torun, Poland c.2002) - 490 BC: The First Persian Invasion of Greece (p.53) Osprey Publishing, 2002 [Retrieved 2015-04-17]