Acharnae
place · 8 works · 8 mentions · 9 anchored passages
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Against Lacritus
Deme associated with Archiades.
In addition to these, written affidavits were submitted by Archiades, son of Mnesonidas,of Acharnae, Sostratus, son of Philip, of Histiaea, Eumarichus, son of Euboeus, of Histiaea, Philtiades, son of Ctesias, of Xypetê, and Dionysius, son of Democratides, of Cholleidae.
Against Olympiodorus
The place associated with Androcleides.
And we called to witness this agreement, first the gods in whose name we exchanged our oaths, and our own relatives, and moreover Androcleides of Acharnae, with whom we deposited the articles.
Against Stephanus I
Athenian deme associated with Pasio, Stephanus, and Teisias.
This is the will of Pasio of Acharnae.
Apollodorus, son of Pasio, of Acharnae, sues Stephanus, son of Menecles, of Acharnae, for false testimony;
Stephanus, son of Menecles, of Acharnae, Endius, son of Epigenes, of Lamptrae, Scythes, son of Harmateus, of Cydathenaeum depose that they were present before the arbitrator Teisias, of Acharnae, when Phormio challenged Apollodorus, if he declared that the document which Phormio put into the box was not a copy of the will of Pasio, to open the will of Pasio, which Amphias, brother-in-law of Cephis …
Apollodorus Against Polycles
The deme associated with Pythodorus.
Well, when he paid no heed to what he heard from Euctemon and Deinias, later on Pythodorus of Acharnae, and Apollodorus of Leuconoë, friends and connections of mine, again approached him, and urged him to go and take over the ship, as he had been designated as my successor;
On The Estate of Aristarchus
The Attic deme to which Xenaenetus (I.) belonged.
) of Acharnae, by whom he had two sons, Cyronides and Demochares, and two daughters, one of whom was my mother.
On the Estate of Menecles
An Athenian deme, identified as the home deme of the speaker's father, Eponymus.
My father, gentlemen, Eponymus of Acharnae, was a friend and close acquaintance of Menecles and lived on terms of intimacy with him;
Nemean
Attic deme, hometown of the victor Timodemus and his family, praised for producing fine men.
Acharnae has long been famous for fine men.
History of the Peloponnesian War
The largest deme of Attica, where Archidamus deliberately encamps his army for an extended period in hopes of provoking the Athenians to battle.
Afterwards they continued their march, keeping Mount Aegaleos on their right through Cropaea, till they came to Acharnae, a place which is the largest of the demes, [or townships,] as they are called, of Attica.
When, however, they saw the army at Acharnae, only sixty stades from the city, they considered it no longer bearable, and, as was natural, when their land was being ravaged before their eyes—a thing which the younger men had never yet seen, nor even the elder, except in the Persian wars—it was thought a great indignity, and all of them, especially the young men, determined to go out against them, …