[1] Attic deme
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(Πειραιεύς/Peiraieús, Latin Piraeus, modern Piraeus).
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…