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Headword:
*qumaita/dai
Adler number: theta,554
Translated headword: Thymaitadai, Thymaetadae
Vetting Status: high
Translation: A deme of [sc. the Athenian tribe] Hippothontis, [taking its name] from the hero Thymoites.
Greek Original:*qumaita/dai: dh=mos *(ippoqownti/dos, a)po\ *qumoi/tou tou= h(/rwos.
Notes:
Abridged from Harpokration s.v., where
Diodorus the Periegete (FGrH 372 F28) is cited.
Thymaitadai (for which see also
theta 579) is present-day Keratsini. For its ancient reputation see
delta 1515.
References:
J.S. Traill, The Political Organization of Attica (Princeton 1975) 52
D. Whitehead, The Demes of Attica (Princeton 1986) index s.v.
Keywords: aetiology; constitution; definition; geography; historiography; mythology; religion
Translated by: David Whitehead on 27 September 2000@08:28:00.
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