Azenia (Attica) Explained

Azenia (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Ἀζηνία) was a deme of ancient Attica between Anaphlystus and Sunium.[1]

It was probably situated in the bay of which Sunium forms the eastern cape. Opposite this bay is a small island, now called Patroklos (or Gaidouronisi), formerly the Island or Rampart of Patroclus (Πατρόκλου χάραξ or νῆσος), because a fortress was built upon it by Patroclus, who commanded on one occasion the ships of Ptolemy Philadelphus.[2]

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