Aiantis

Aiantis (Ancient Greek: Αἰαντίς) was a phyle of ancient Attica with six demes,^[1] the deme with the greatest area was Aphidna.^[2]

Marathon is located within the boundaries of this place.^[3]

It is attested by Plutarch that fifty-two members of the tribe of Aiantis died from wounds sustained in the Battle of Plataea.^[4]

The playwright Aeschylus came from deme Eleusis in Aiantis.^[5] His family were eupatrids.^[6]

References

1. JS. Traill - The Political Organization of Attica: A Study of the Demes, Trittyes, and Phylai, and Their Representation in the Athenian Council, Volumes 14-16 (p.13) ASCSA, 1975 ISBN 0876615140 [Retrieved 2015-04-17]
2. A Missiou (Associate Professor of Ancient Greek History at the University of Crete) - Literacy and Democracy in Fifth-Century Athens (p.18) Length 211 pages Cambridge University Press, 17 Feb 2011 ISBN 0521111404 [Retrieved 2015-04-18](Efharisto, Efharistoomay)
3. P Vidal-Naquet - director of the Centre de Recherches comparées sur les Sociétés Anciennes at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris c,1998 - The Black Hunter: Forms of Thought and Forms of Society in the Greek World (p.91) translated by A Szegedy-Maszak , JHU Press, 9 Jul 1998 (reprint) ISBN 0801859514 [Retrieved 2015-04-18]
4. JD. Mikalson (William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Classics at the University of Virginia) - Herodotus and Religion in the Persian Wars Univ of North Carolina Press, 15 Sep 2003 ISBN 0807862010 [Retrieved 2015-04-18]
5. N Sekunda (Ph.D 1981, taught at the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology in Torun, Poland c.2002) - 490 BC: The First Persian Invasion of Greece (p.53) Osprey Publishing, 2002 ISBN 1841760005 [Retrieved 2015-04-17]
6. (edited by FN Magill) The Ancient World: Dictionary of World Biography, Volume 1 Routledge, 16 Dec 2003 ISBN 1135457395 [Retrieved 2015-04-18]