Horos (boundary stone) of the trittyes of Pedion and Thria (both tribe of Oineis), in Piraeus, mid-5th century BC.
Ancient Athenian subdivision
The trittyes (/ˈtrɪti.iːz/; Ancient Greek: τριττύεςtrittúes), singular trittys (/ˈtrɪtɪs/; τριττύς trittús) were part of the organizational structure that divided the population in ancient Attica, and is commonly thought to have been established by the reforms of Cleisthenes in 508 BC. The name trittys means "third", and is named such because there were three types of regions in each trittys. There were thirty trittyes and ten tribes (before Cleisthenes, there were only four tribes organized by royal families) named after local heroes in Attica.[1][2]Trittyes were composed of one or more demes; demes were the basic unit of division in Attica, which were the smaller units of population that made up the trittyes. (see here - [1] - for a very descriptive map of the demes and tribes).
Cleisthenes in 508 BC. The name trittys means "third", and is named such because there were three types of regions in each trittys. There were thirty trittyes...
to form the ten tribes, or phylai of Athens. Each tribe contained one trittys from each of three regions: the city, the coast, and the inland area. Cleisthenes...
unit would include equal parts of townspeople, seamen, and farmers. A "trittýs" ("third") of each sector constituted a tribe. Consequently, Attica comprised...
Athens in ten phylai (tribes), each consisting of three trittyes, with each trittys comprising a number of demes. Tribes and demes had their own officers and...
coast; one from the city and one from the inland divisions), while each trittys had one or more demes, depending on their population, which became the...
278) epigraphic sources (epigraphy.packhum.org) John S. Traill, Demos and trittys. Epigraphical and topographical studies in the organization of Attica....
electorates. Each phyle was in turn divided into three trittyes and each trittys had one or more demes, which became the basis of local government. The...
37.987192°N 24.004472°E / 37.987192; 24.004472 Type Deme History Periods Archaic Greek Satellite of Athens, Aigeis tribe, trittys of Paralia [el; it]...
24°00′06″E / 38.019987°N 24.00167°E / 38.019987; 24.00167 Type Deme History Periods Archaic Greek Satellite of Athens, Aigeis tribe, trittys of Paralia...
the seat is located at the settlement of Liopesi, center of the ancient trittys of Paiania. The name Myrinous comes from the coastal deme that is located...
Retrieved 2015-08-23. Page, Jessica (2010). "Deme Theaters in Attica and the Trittys System". Hesperia: The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies...
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