The Paralia ( Greek: Παραλία, lit. 'the sea-side/coast') was a geographical and administrative region ( trittys) of ancient Attica.
The term designated the coasts of Attica, but was also generally used for the entire portion of Attica east of Mount Hymettus. [1]
The term acquired a technical meaning with the reforms of Cleisthenes in c. 508 BC, when each of the ten Attic tribes was made to territory from comprise three zones (trittyes), urban ( asty, the city of Athens), interior ( mesogeia) and coastal (paralia). [1] In the Classical period, the paralia comprised about 40 settlements ( demoi). [1]
- ^ a b c Lohmann, Hans. "Paralia". Brill's New Pauly. Brill Online. doi: 10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e907850.
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The Paralia ( Greek: Παραλία, lit. 'the sea-side/coast') was a geographical and administrative region ( trittys) of ancient Attica.
The term designated the coasts of Attica, but was also generally used for the entire portion of Attica east of Mount Hymettus. [1]
The term acquired a technical meaning with the reforms of Cleisthenes in c. 508 BC, when each of the ten Attic tribes was made to territory from comprise three zones (trittyes), urban ( asty, the city of Athens), interior ( mesogeia) and coastal (paralia). [1] In the Classical period, the paralia comprised about 40 settlements ( demoi). [1]
- ^ a b c Lohmann, Hans. "Paralia". Brill's New Pauly. Brill Online. doi: 10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e907850.
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