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Piraeus
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[1] Attic deme

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(Πειραιεύς/Peiraieús, Latin Piraeus, modern Piraeus).

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I. Topography

Large Attic deme of the phyle Hippothontis, main harbour of Athens on the west coast of Attica, c. 7 km from Athens. Its territory is a peninsula stretching c. 3 km into the Saronikos Kolpos, between the Aegaleos in the north and the Hymettus in the east. The west side of this peni…

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von Eickstedt, Klaus-Valtin (Athens) and Johannsen, Nina (Kiel), “Piraeus”, in: Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry. Consulted online on 02 December 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_brill110030>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510



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