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Hippothontis (Greek: Ιπποθοντίς) was one of the phylai (tribes) of classical Athens, created during the reforms of Cleisthenes.

It was named after the legendary hero Hippothoon.

Its demes were Azenia, Hamaxanteia, Anakaia, Auridai, Acherdous, Dekeleia, Elaious, Eleusis, Eroeadae, Thymaitadai, Keiriadai, Koile, Kopros, Korydallos, Oinoe, (of the west) Oion Dekeleikon, Peiraieus.

Notes

1. The Annual of the British School at Athens. (1984:110). United Kingdom: MacMillan.
2. Antichthon. (1991). Australia: Sydney University Press.
3. Cornell Studies in Classical Philology. (1898). United States: Cornell University Press.

References

• Traill, John S. (1975). The Political Organization of Attica: A Study of the Demes, Trittyes, and Phylai, and Their Representation in the Athenian Council. Princeton: American School of Classical Studies at Athens ASCSA. ISBN 978-0-87661-514-0.

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