Dekeleia

burial ground · 550 BC – 300 AD

Dekeleia was an inland deme of the tribe Hippothontis, in Attica, located 120 stades from Athens. In myth, Dekeleia ceded its autonomy under Theseus to form the city-state of Athens.

Coordinates

38.13303, 23.79187

Also known as

Dekeleieus (grc), Δεκελειεύς (grc), Δεκέλεια (grc)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)

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