Halimus

Halimus

Halimus

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Halimus or Halimous (Ancient Greek: Ἁλιμοῦς, Latin: Halmius) was a deme of ancient Athens, said to have been so called from τὰ ἅλιμα, sea-weeds,[1] was situated on the coast between Phalerum and Aexone,[2] at the distance of 35 stadia from the city of Athens.[3] It had temples of Demeter and Core,[4] and of Heracles.[5] Halimus was the deme of Thucydides the historian.

The site of Halimus is located north of modern Ag. Kosmas.[6][7]

References

  1. [1]
    Etym. M. s.v.
  2. [2]
    Strabo. Geographica. Vol. ix. p.398. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  3. [3]
    Dem. c. Eubulid. p. 1302
  4. [4]
    Pausanias (1918). "31.1". Description of Greece. Vol. 1. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.
  5. [5]
    Dem. c. Eubulid. pp. 1314, 1319
  6. [6]
    Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
  7. [7]
    Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 59, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Attica". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

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