{ "id": "epbpywbrnj", "slug": "thymaitadai", "title": "Thymaitadai", "updated": "2026-10-25", "topic_path": [ { "id": "places", "label": "Places and geography", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/places" }, { "id": "places.historical", "label": "Ancient and historical places", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/places.historical" }, { "id": "places.historical.vanished-settlements", "label": "Vanished cities, towns, and settlements", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/places.historical.vanished-settlements" }, { "id": "places.historical.vanished-settlements.europe-mediterranean", "label": "Vanished settlements of Europe and the Mediterranean", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/places.historical.vanished-settlements.europe-mediterranean" }, { "id": "places.historical.vanished-settlements.europe-mediterranean.attic-demes-and-settlements", "label": "Attic demes and settlements", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/places.historical.vanished-settlements.europe-mediterranean.attic-demes-and-settlements" } ], "geo": [ { "id": "geo.weu.nodate.places.historical.vanished-settlements.europe-mediterranean", "label": "Western Europe · Not dated: Vanished settlements of Europe and the Mediterranean", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.nodate.places.historical.vanished-settlements.europe-mediterranean", "path": [ { "id": "geo.weu", "label": "Western Europe", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu" }, { "id": "geo.weu.nodate", "label": "Western Europe · Not dated", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.nodate" }, { "id": "geo.weu.nodate.places", "label": "Places and geography", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.nodate.places" }, { "id": "geo.weu.nodate.places.historical", "label": "Ancient and historical places", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.nodate.places.historical" }, { "id": "geo.weu.nodate.places.historical.vanished-settlements", "label": "Vanished cities, towns, and settlements", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.nodate.places.historical.vanished-settlements" }, { "id": "geo.weu.nodate.places.historical.vanished-settlements.europe-mediterranean", "label": "Vanished settlements of Europe and the Mediterranean", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.nodate.places.historical.vanished-settlements.europe-mediterranean" } ] } ], "excerpt": "Thymaitadai (Θυμαιτάδαι), also Thymoetadae, an ancient deme of Attica near Keratsini by Piraeus, in tribe Hippothontis; attested in Plutarch's Theseus and 33 Attic inscriptions.", "snippet": "Thymaitadai (Θυμαιτάδαι), also Thymoetadae, an ancient deme of Attica near Keratsini by Piraeus, in tribe Hippothontis; attested in Plutarch's Theseus and 33 Attic inscriptions.", "node": "places.historical.vanished-settlements.europe-mediterranean.attic-demes-and-settlements", "markdown": "# Thymaitadai\n\n**Thymaitadai** (Θυμαιτάδαι) was a deme of ancient Attica, one of the local communities into which the Athenian state was organized, located near modern Keratsini close to Piraeus.\n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Location | Near Keratsini, Piraeus regional unit, Greece; coordinates 37.967500 N, 23.619900 E, with low confidence[1](https://topostext.org/place/380236DThy) |\n| Tribe | Hippothontis (IX), attested in tribute lists and prytany inscriptions[2](https://www.atticinscriptions.com/search/?q=Thymaitadai) |\n| Literary mention | Plutarch, *Theseus* 19.4-19.7; Cleidemos of Athens BNJ 323 fr. 17[3](https://manto.unh.edu/viewer.p/60/2616/object/6580-10771916) |\n| Epigraphic record | 33 inscriptions in the Attic Inscriptions Online database mention the deme, from 408/7 BC to the 2nd century BC[2](https://www.atticinscriptions.com/search/?q=Thymaitadai) |\n\n## Name and location\n\nToposText places it near Keratsini in the Piraeus department of Greece, at coordinates 37.967500 N, 23.619900 E, and marks the location confidence as low[1](https://topostext.org/place/380236DThy). The MANTO database describes it as a deme near Piraios[3](https://manto.unh.edu/viewer.p/60/2616/object/6580-10771916).\n\n## Literary and mythographic tradition\n\nThe deme appears in literary sources concerned with early Athenian myth. MANTO records Thymaitadai as mentioned by Plutarch in the *Theseus* (19.4-19.7) and in a fragment of Cleidemos of Athens (BNJ 323 fr. 17), an Atthidographer whose work reached Plutarch through later citation[3](https://manto.unh.edu/viewer.p/60/2616/object/6580-10771916). The related entities MANTO lists for the passage include Theseus, Pittheus, and [Troizen](https://www.edgepedia.org/troizen) in the Argolid, placing the deme's mention within the Theseus narrative tradition[3](https://manto.unh.edu/viewer.p/60/2616/object/6580-10771916).\n\n## Epigraphic attestation\n\nMost of what is known of the deme comes from inscriptions. The Attic Inscriptions Online search returns 33 records naming Thymaitadai, spanning the fifth to the second century BC[2](https://www.atticinscriptions.com/search/?q=Thymaitadai).\n\n**Tribal affiliation.** A tribute list of 418/7 BC (?) lists \"of Thymaitadai (IX)\" among contributors paying first-fruits to the goddess, and later prytany inscriptions of 229/8-224/3 BC and 190/89 BC likewise record the deme under tribe IX, Hippothontis[2](https://www.atticinscriptions.com/search/?q=Thymaitadai).\n\n**Named citizens.** The inscriptions preserve the names of deme members in public roles. Lysitheos of Thymaitadai served as a deputy official in the accounts of the treasury of Athena of 408/7-407/6 BC[2](https://www.atticinscriptions.com/search/?q=Thymaitadai). The most prominent is Phanodemos son of Diyllos of Thymaitadai, attested from the 340s to the 320s BC: he was praised and crowned by decree of the tribe Hippothontis, proposed legislation concerning the sanctuary of Amphiaraos honored in IG II³ 1 348 (332/1 BC), and appears in the Athenian Onomasticon across IG II³ (1) 306, 348, 349, 355, and 360[2](https://www.atticinscriptions.com/search/?q=Thymaitadai) • [4](https://athnames.org/r4.php?id=61805). Other citizens include Philippos son of Astygenes, who proposed decrees concerning prytanies in the 270s BC, and Prokles son of Prokles, active in 178/7 and 190/89 BC[2](https://www.atticinscriptions.com/search/?q=Thymaitadai).\n\n**Property and residence.** The Rationes Centesimarum, the accounts of the 1 percent tax on property transactions, record an estate (oikopedon) in Thymaitadai sold for 1 talent 5,600 drachmae, with the buyer a son of Simondas of Thymaitadai, in records dated ca. 340-325 BC[2](https://www.atticinscriptions.com/search/?q=Thymaitadai). Manumission lists of ca. 336/5-322/1 BC record freed persons living in the deme, including Satyrion, acquitted in a prosecution by Lysanias of Phrearrhioi and dedicating a libation bowl weighing 100 drachmae[2](https://www.atticinscriptions.com/search/?q=Thymaitadai).\n\n**Local context.** A decree of [Ikarion](https://www.edgepedia.org/ikarion) (ca. 350-325 BC) notes that the pre-Cleisthenic community of Ikarion may have continued to exist alongside the demes, listing Piraeus, Phaleron, Xypete, and Thymaitadai among the demes named in the inscription[2](https://www.atticinscriptions.com/search/?q=Thymaitadai).\n\n## References\n\n1. [Thymaitadai (Attica), ToposText](https://topostext.org/place/380236DThy)\n2. [Search results for Thymaitadai, Attic Inscriptions Online](https://www.atticinscriptions.com/search/?q=Thymaitadai)\n3. [Thymaitadai (Attica), MANTO, University of New Hampshire](https://manto.unh.edu/viewer.p/60/2616/object/6580-10771916)\n4. [Athenian Onomasticon, entry for Phanodemos of Thymaitadai](https://athnames.org/r4.php?id=61805)\n\n---\n*Topic: Encyclopedia › Places and geography › Ancient and historical places › Vanished cities, towns, and settlements › Vanished settlements of Europe and the Mediterranean › Attic demes and settlements*\n\n*Initially written Oct 21, 2026 · Edited: Oct 25, 2026*\n\n*Copyright 2026 EdgeChat AI, a subsidiary of Biostate AI.*\n\nLicense: Edgepedia Community License 1.0, https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license\n", "same_as": [], "url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/thymaitadai", "markdown_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/thymaitadai.md", "license": { "name": "Edgepedia Community License 1.0", "url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license", "summary": "Free with credit, commercial use included. AI training is open to everyone. 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