Antiochis (tribe)

Antiochis (Ancient Greek: Ἀντιοχίς) was one of the ten tribes (phylai) into which the Ancient Athenians were divided.^[1][2]

Map of ancient Attica. Demes belonging to the phyle of Antiochis are numbered "10."

Location and history

Is named after Antiochus, son of Heracles and Meda (daughter of Phylas, king of Ephyra).^[3][4]

Antiochis comprised 13 demes: Aigilia, Alopeke, Amphitrope, Anaphlystos, Atene, Besa, Eitea, Eroiadai, Kolonai, Krioa, Pallene, Semachidai, and Thorai.^[5][6][7][8]

Phalerum was a harbour belonging to the tribe. From this harbour the voyages of Theseus and Menestheus were said to have begun, for Crete and Troy respectively.^[9]

Socrates belonged to this tribe.^[10][11] The tribe was in possession of the prytany in the Council, at the time of the events concerning the ten generals active for Athens' navy in the battle of Arginusae.^[11][12][13]

Aristeides was in command of this tribe's contingent during the Battle of Marathon.^[14]

References

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2. NF. Jones - Ionian tribes DOI: 10.1002/9781444338386.wbeah04146 Published Online: 26 OCT 2012 The Encyclopedia of Ancient History[Retrieved 2015-04-17](ed. for nature of word < phylai >)
3. N Fikri Alican - Rethinking Plato: A Cartesian Quest for the Real Plato (p.331) Rodopi, 2012 ISBN 94-012-0812-3 [Retrieved 2015-04-17]
4. R Hunter (Regius Professor of Greek at the University of Cambridge c.2005) - The Hesiodic Catalogue of Women: Constructions and Reconstructions (p.191) Cambridge University Press, 14 Jul 2005 (reprint) ISBN 978-0-521-83684-5, 349 pages [Retrieved 2015-04-17]
5. Papazarkadas, Nikolaos (2011). Sacred and Public Land in Ancient Athens. OUP Oxford. p. 295. ISBN 978-0-19-969400-6.
6. John S. Traill The Political Organization of Attica: A Study of the Demes, Trittyes, and Phylai, and Their Representation in the Athenian Council, Volumes 14-16 (p.13) ASCSA, 1975 ISBN 0-87661-514-0 [Retrieved 2015-04-17]
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8. John S. Traill - (same source as given previously here)[Retrieved 2015-04-17]
9. J Robinson (D.D., Rector of Clifton, Westmoreland.) - Archaeologia Graeca, or the Antiquities of Greece; chiefly designed to illustrate the Greek Classics. To which are prefixed, a brief history of the Grecian States, and biographical sketches of the principal Greek writers 1827 [Retrieved 2015-04-17]
10. Nails, D - "Socrates" - A Chronology of the historical Socrates in the context of Athenian history and the dramatic dates of Plato's dialogues The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Spring 2014 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.)[Retrieved 2015-04-17]
11. Plato (2015). "Apology". In PL Miller; CDC Reeve (eds.). Introductory Readings in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy. Translated by Reeve. Hackett Publishing. p. 72. ISBN 978-1-62466-354-3. Retrieved 2015-04-17.
12. Oxford Dictionary - prytany Oxford University Press [Retrieved 2015-04-17]
13. M Dillon, L Garland (lecturer in Classics and Ancient History at the University of New England, New South Wales) - Ancient Greece: Social and Historical Documents from Archaic Times to the Death of Alexander (p.119) Routledge, 18 Jun 2010 ISBN 1-136-99138-7 (revised) [Retrieved 2015-04-17]
14. N Sekunda (Ph.D 1981, taught at the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology in Torun, Poland c.2002) - 490 BC: The First Persian Invasion of Greece (p.53) Archived 2016-03-06 at the Wayback Machine Osprey Publishing, 2002 ISBN 1-84176-000-5 [Retrieved 2015-04-17]