Ptelea (Attica) Explained

Ptelea (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Πτελέα) was a deme of ancient Attica of the phyle Oineis,^[1] sending one delegate to the Athenian Boule.^[2] It is the setting for Menander's Heros.

The site of Ptelea is in the Kephisos valley, west of modern Athens. Traill notes there is scant evidence that would help to offer a precise location as the main evidence for the deme comes from the findspot of a grave marker.^{[3] [4]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Places: 580095 (Ptelea) . Traill, J. . March 10, 2021 . Pleiades.
2. Web site: Hans. Lohmann. Brill's New Pauly. Ptelea . October 9, 2018.
3. Book: John S. Traill. American School of Classical Studies at Athens. The Political Organization of Attica: A Study of the Demes, Trittyes, and Phylai, and Their Representation in the Athenian Council. 1975. American School of Classical Studies at Athens. 978-0-87661-514-0. 49–.
4. Vanderpool, Eugene. "Some Attic Inscriptions." Hesperia: The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens 35, no. 3 (1966): 274-83. Accessed March 10, 2021. http://www.jstor.org/stable/147660.