Leontis Explained

Leontis was a phyle (tribe) of Ancient Attica.^[1] The phyle is shown on the base of a statue made after an anthippasia to commemorate the victory of the phyle at the mock battle.^[2]

Themistocles belonged to this phyle.^[3]

Two horse-men are listed as part of the Catalogus Hippeum in history who possibly belonged to this phyle, they were Euktimenos and Euthymenes, both living during the 3rd century B.C.E.^{[4] [5]}

The demes of Leontis were: Aethalidae, Halimus, Deiradiotae, Hecale, Eupyridae, Cettus, Colonae, Cropia, Leuconoe, Oeum, Kerameikos, Paeonidae, Peleces, Upper Potamos, Lower Potamus, Deiradiotae, Scambonidae, Sounion, Hybadae, Phrearrhii, Cholleidae.

Notes and References

1. Book: The Political Organization of Attica: A Study of the Demes, Trittyes, and Phylai, and Their Representation in the Athenian Council, Volumes 14-16 (p.37 -) Volume 14 of Hesperia (Princeton, N.J.). J.S. Traill. ASCSA. 1975. 0876615140 . 2015-05-09.
2. P. Wilson - The Athenian Institution of the Khoregia: The Chorus, the City and the Stage published by Cambridge University Press, September 18, 2003 (reprint), 452 pages, [Retrieved 2015-12-22](also looked at https://books.google.com/books?id=hDe5fIskRBIC&dq=Bryaxis+base&pg=PA96)
3. [Plutarch]
4. G.R. Bugh - The Horsemen of Athens published by Princeton University Press July 14, 2014, 304 pages,, Princeton Legacy Library [Retrieved 2015-12-22]
5. H. W. Pleket - Supplementum epigraphicum graecum published by J.C. Gieben 1991, 699 pages, [Retrieved 2015-12-22]