Athenian demes
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Athenian demes were the local civic subdivisions of ancient Attica that formed the basic units of political organization and citizen identity in classical Athens.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Acamas (Attic deme) | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
administrative division
ⓘ
local civic subdivision ⓘ political unit ⓘ subdivision of Attica ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | citizens of Athens ⓘ |
| citizenIdentificationFormat | citizen identified by personal name, patronymic, and deme ⓘ |
| citizenIdentificationFormat | deme name used in citizen designation ⓘ |
| country | ancient Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedBy |
demarch
ⓘ
local deme assembly ⓘ |
| hasExample |
deme of Acharnai
ⓘ
deme of Alopeke NERFINISHED ⓘ deme of Kolonos ⓘ deme of Paiania NERFINISHED ⓘ deme of Phaleron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
basic unit of citizen identity
ⓘ
basic unit of political organization ⓘ electoral district ⓘ local administration ⓘ military conscription district ⓘ taxation district ⓘ |
| hasPart |
coastal demes
ⓘ
rural demes ⓘ urban demes ⓘ |
| hasRole |
basis for allotment to law courts
ⓘ
basis for allotment to the Boule ⓘ basis for enrollment in the citizen register ⓘ basis for military organization ⓘ constituent units of the ten Cleisthenic tribes ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Archaic Greece
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Classical Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ Hellenistic period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception |
c. 508–507 BCE
ⓘ
late 6th century BCE ⓘ |
| influenced | later municipal organization in Greek cities ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Cleisthenes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| maintains |
citizen registers
ⓘ
property records ⓘ |
| numberOfElements |
approximately 139 demes
ⓘ
over 130 demes ⓘ |
| organizedIn |
phylai (tribes)
ⓘ
trittyes ⓘ |
| partOf |
Athenian polis
ⓘ
Attica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replaced |
naucraries of Athens
ⓘ
old clan-based political organization ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Athenian democracy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
classical Athens ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.