Lusia (Attica) Explained

Lusia or Lousia (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Λουσία) was a deme of ancient Attica, of the phyle Oeneïs, sending one delegate to the Athenian Boule.[1] Stephanus of Byzantium notes it was named after a heroine named Lusia, a daughter of Hyacinthus the Lacedaemonian.

The deme is attested in inscriptions; one a funerary inscription of a townsperson,[2] another describing the deme's contributions to construction of the Eleusinion.[3]

The site of Lousia is in the Kephisos valley, west of modern Athens.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hans. Lohmann. Brill's New Pauly. Lusia . October 9, 2018.
  2. [Inscriptiones Graecae|IG]
  3. [Inscriptiones Graecae|IG]