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LIST OF ANCIENT NAMES OF PLACES IN ATTICA.
ABA2KANT02\
" ArrEAH."
ArNOT2.
" ArPATAH."
ArTIA.
« ArPA zee) ArPAi."
AZHNIA".
A0HNAIc.
A0MONON.
AiriAAOS.
" Steph. Byz. Hesyc. ' Ayyzhug and ' AyyzXqdfv is found on in-
scriptions."
" Plut. in Thes. See, in former list, note in TugGarov. Ste-
phanus says, it was so called from the Agnus (Castus) growing
plentifully there."
" According to Steph. Byz. it is sometimes written without the A,
as we find by the word'Ay^yX^^f in the architectural inscription
in Vol. II. p. 64. This demos was named after Aglauros, the
daughter of Cecrops, to whom a hieron or sanctuary, spoken of
by Pausanias, was dedicated near the Acropolis."
tokos dti^aiv Ttjv it rij <7To\u vrogevrriv odov. 'H^axAscov OS o TAuvxuvog
nctgot, ro otto-rip (pqtriv. "Steph. Byz. 'Aguia, a place in a city, signi-
fies having a street of easy communication ; but Heracleus, son of
Glaucon, says it is derived from the word ato-tru, transeo.' This
appears to have been a general term applied to quarters of cities
where the streets were spacious and direct. V. Suidas, in voce
Ayviai.
" Xugiov—'hrri zcu rw ' Arrixrig irgo rqg ToXtv;. Steph. Byz. * Agra is
a place in Attica before the city.'"
" Vide Meursii Reliqua Attica. C. I."
Arjpog rtjg Ktzgwioog (puA$jj. " Steph. Byz."
In this demos was the Temple of Diana Amarusia, whence Maru-
sia, the modern village, has its name, and was probably the Old
Athmonum. See Marusia.
A mountain. 'E*«$£«ro o Eeg>f >js it rco Alya'hia, ogei rr,g '' ArriKng,
Srtapat rr\v h "SaXetfuvt mvfhWfcitM, " Ulp. in Demost. Timoc.
" Xerxes sat on iEgaleus, a mountain of Attica, viewing the naval
battle at Salamis."
a In examining the ancient geographers, together with the
lists of Attic Demoi of Meursius, Spon, &c, we have not been
able to find ' Apio-y.avTos as a local name; but on several inscrip-
tions men so called are mentioned. Chandler found the record of
a gymnasiarch of this name on an inscribed Hermes at Athens;
and in the catalogues of the Prytanes on the inscriptions in the
Temple of Theseus, copied also by Dr. Chandler, Abaskantos of
Sphettus, of the tribe Acamantis, is to be seen twice enregistered.
Likewise on Greek inscriptions at Oxford, and at the Museum of
Paris, an Abaskantos of Cephissia ('A^oo-xanTOfEu^oXwou Ky(p"<?iw<;)
is recorded, both as XlaiSivrit and n«iSoT?,'^?) titles of officers who
presided at the exercises of the youth at the Gymnasium. It would
thus appear probable that, by some accident, this name was mis-
placed at the head of this list of the Attic Demoi by the editor of
Stuart's posthumous papers. The Greek word 'Afiounarrtu;, de- i
rived from @ama.ivu, 'fascino, invideo,' is an epithet meaning
' not obnoxious to envy.' See Chandler, Ins. Ant. Part II.
Ins. LV. LIX. Boeckh. Corp. Ins. Grsec. V. I. Ins. 262, 263,
270, 271, 272. Marm. Oxon. N. 36. Ed. Maitt. Cat. du Mus.
Roy. par Clarac, 1820, No. 568. 644. [ed.]
b Dodwell mentions in his route from Sunium to Bari, some
imperfect traces of antiquity near the village of Kataphiki,
which he supposes may indicate the site of the Azenenses.
Dodwell's Travels, V. I. p. 546. [ed.]
c The late " Col. Squire remarked that the plural termination
of the names of some Greek cities, as A0HNAI, ©HBAI, refers to
the united cities ; the Upper or the citadel, and the Lower city.
This observation may be confirmed by a parallel remark of Bishop
Lowth : when the prophet (Isai. Ixiv. 10.) speaks, he says, in the
plural number of cities, Sion and Jerusalem may be meant as they
are divided into the Upper and Lower city." See note by the
Rev. Robert Walpole on Col. Squire's remarks on the military
architecture of Ancient Greece. Mem. on Turkey, Vol. I. p.
320. [ed.]
ABA2KANT02\
" ArrEAH."
ArNOT2.
" ArPATAH."
ArTIA.
« ArPA zee) ArPAi."
AZHNIA".
A0HNAIc.
A0MONON.
AiriAAOS.
" Steph. Byz. Hesyc. ' Ayyzhug and ' AyyzXqdfv is found on in-
scriptions."
" Plut. in Thes. See, in former list, note in TugGarov. Ste-
phanus says, it was so called from the Agnus (Castus) growing
plentifully there."
" According to Steph. Byz. it is sometimes written without the A,
as we find by the word'Ay^yX^^f in the architectural inscription
in Vol. II. p. 64. This demos was named after Aglauros, the
daughter of Cecrops, to whom a hieron or sanctuary, spoken of
by Pausanias, was dedicated near the Acropolis."
tokos dti^aiv Ttjv it rij <7To\u vrogevrriv odov. 'H^axAscov OS o TAuvxuvog
nctgot, ro otto-rip (pqtriv. "Steph. Byz. 'Aguia, a place in a city, signi-
fies having a street of easy communication ; but Heracleus, son of
Glaucon, says it is derived from the word ato-tru, transeo.' This
appears to have been a general term applied to quarters of cities
where the streets were spacious and direct. V. Suidas, in voce
Ayviai.
" Xugiov—'hrri zcu rw ' Arrixrig irgo rqg ToXtv;. Steph. Byz. * Agra is
a place in Attica before the city.'"
" Vide Meursii Reliqua Attica. C. I."
Arjpog rtjg Ktzgwioog (puA$jj. " Steph. Byz."
In this demos was the Temple of Diana Amarusia, whence Maru-
sia, the modern village, has its name, and was probably the Old
Athmonum. See Marusia.
A mountain. 'E*«$£«ro o Eeg>f >js it rco Alya'hia, ogei rr,g '' ArriKng,
Srtapat rr\v h "SaXetfuvt mvfhWfcitM, " Ulp. in Demost. Timoc.
" Xerxes sat on iEgaleus, a mountain of Attica, viewing the naval
battle at Salamis."
a In examining the ancient geographers, together with the
lists of Attic Demoi of Meursius, Spon, &c, we have not been
able to find ' Apio-y.avTos as a local name; but on several inscrip-
tions men so called are mentioned. Chandler found the record of
a gymnasiarch of this name on an inscribed Hermes at Athens;
and in the catalogues of the Prytanes on the inscriptions in the
Temple of Theseus, copied also by Dr. Chandler, Abaskantos of
Sphettus, of the tribe Acamantis, is to be seen twice enregistered.
Likewise on Greek inscriptions at Oxford, and at the Museum of
Paris, an Abaskantos of Cephissia ('A^oo-xanTOfEu^oXwou Ky(p"<?iw<;)
is recorded, both as XlaiSivrit and n«iSoT?,'^?) titles of officers who
presided at the exercises of the youth at the Gymnasium. It would
thus appear probable that, by some accident, this name was mis-
placed at the head of this list of the Attic Demoi by the editor of
Stuart's posthumous papers. The Greek word 'Afiounarrtu;, de- i
rived from @ama.ivu, 'fascino, invideo,' is an epithet meaning
' not obnoxious to envy.' See Chandler, Ins. Ant. Part II.
Ins. LV. LIX. Boeckh. Corp. Ins. Grsec. V. I. Ins. 262, 263,
270, 271, 272. Marm. Oxon. N. 36. Ed. Maitt. Cat. du Mus.
Roy. par Clarac, 1820, No. 568. 644. [ed.]
b Dodwell mentions in his route from Sunium to Bari, some
imperfect traces of antiquity near the village of Kataphiki,
which he supposes may indicate the site of the Azenenses.
Dodwell's Travels, V. I. p. 546. [ed.]
c The late " Col. Squire remarked that the plural termination
of the names of some Greek cities, as A0HNAI, ©HBAI, refers to
the united cities ; the Upper or the citadel, and the Lower city.
This observation may be confirmed by a parallel remark of Bishop
Lowth : when the prophet (Isai. Ixiv. 10.) speaks, he says, in the
plural number of cities, Sion and Jerusalem may be meant as they
are divided into the Upper and Lower city." See note by the
Rev. Robert Walpole on Col. Squire's remarks on the military
architecture of Ancient Greece. Mem. on Turkey, Vol. I. p.
320. [ed.]