Thriasion plain (Attica) 18 Thriasion Plain - Θριάσιον πεδίον

Θριάσιον πεδίον - Thriasion plain, once-fertile plain near ancient Eleusis in NW Attica
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Latitude: 38.070000
Longitude: 23.590000
Confidence: Low (20130000)

Greek name: Θριάσιον πεδίον
Place ID: 381236LThr
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Region: Attica
Country: Greece
Department: West Attiki
Mod: Thriasion Plain

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Modern Description: The fertile plain that was under the jurisdiction of Eleusis and through which the Sacred Way (Iera Odos, Ἱåñὰ Ὁäὸò) passed, was called the Thriasian plain after the nearby deme of Thria. According to tradition it was here that agriculture was first practised, under the guidance of the goddess Demeter. On the W side of the plain are the ruins of two frontier forts of Attica (5th-4th century BC), with circular towers at the sites of Plakoto and Palaiokastro. Other sights of interest are the brackish sacred lakes of Rheitoi (modern Lake Koumoundourou), via which the procession of the Eleusinian Mysteries passed, and the impressive remains of a stone bridge (l. 50 m) over the Eleusinian Kephisos (modern Sarandaporos) in the locality Kalo Pigadi. It was originally constructed in the late 4th century BC, but the extant monumental form is dated to the reign of Emperor Hadrian (AD 124/5).
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thriasian_Plain
Wikidata ID: Q7798122
Trismegistos Geo: 60772
Manto: 9619274

Info: Archaeological Atlas of the Aegean
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Apollodorus, Library§3.14.1  the city Athens after herself, and Poseidon in hot anger flooded the Thriasian plain and laid Attica under the sea. -1000
Herodotus, Histories§8.65  happened then to be in company with Demaratos the Lacedemonian in the Thriasian plain; and he saw a cloud of dust going up from Eleusis, -480
Plutarch, Life of Themistocles§Them.15.1  great light flamed out from Eleusis, and an echoing cry filled the Thriasian plain down to the sea, as of multitudes of men together conducting -480
Herodotus, Histories§9.7  Boeotia, the most suitable place to fight in our land is the Thriasian plain.'. -479
Plutarch, Life of Pericles§Per.30.3  during each succeeding year; and that Anthemocritus be buried honourably at the Thriasian gates, which are now called the Dipylum. But the Megarians denied the -450
Thucydides, Peloponnesian War§2.19  King of Lacedaemon, was in command. 2 Encamping in Eleusis and the Thriasian plain, they began their ravages, and putting to flight some Athenian horse -431
Thucydides, Peloponnesian War§2.20  3 Accordingly, as they had not met him at Eleusis or the Thriasian plain, he tried if they could be provoked to a sally by -431
Thucydides, Peloponnesian War§2.21  the meanwhile, as long as the army was at Eleusis and the Thriasian plain, hopes were still entertained of its not advancing any nearer. It -431
Plutarch, Life of Pelopidas§Pel.8.1  the rest of the party under his command, should remain in the Thriasian plain, while a few of the youngest took the risk of going -400
Plutarch, Life of Agesilaus§Ages.24.5  For full daylight overtook him while he was yet in the Thriasian plain, although he had hoped to attack the Peiraeus by night. It -400
Plutarch, Lives of the Ten Orators, Moralia§845a  return home very heavy and melancholy; and being met by Eunomus the Thriasian, an old man, by him he was comforted and encouraged. But -350
Plutarch, Life of Demosthenes§Dem.6.5  the assembly and was wandering about dejectedly in the Piraeus, Eunomus the Thriasian, who was already a very old man, caught sight of him -350
Plutarch, Life of Aratus§Ara.33.4  actually put his leg out of joint as he fled through the Thriasian plain; and while he was under treatment for this, the knife was -250
Strabo, Geography§9.1.6  Pythium, but according to Andron, only as far as Eleusis and the Thriasian Plain. Although different writers have stated the division into four parts in -1
Strabo, Geography§9.1.13  Then one comes to the Thriasian Plain, and the shore and deme bearing the same name (Thria). Then -1
Pliny the Elder, Natural History (37 books)§4.24  once towns, the borough of Rhamnus, the place where Marathon stood, the Thriasian plain, the town of Melite, and Oropus upon the confines of Boeotia. -1
Suda Encyclopedia§ka.214  with Pleistoanax the son of Pausanias as king, ravaged Eleusis and the Thriasian Plain. This was still during the fifty-year period [Pentekontaetia] which began after -1
Suda Encyclopedia§th.495  Θριάσιον πεδίον: Thriasian plain: [no gloss] -1
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