Paeania

Paeania or Paiania (Ancient Greek: Παιανία) were two demoi of ancient Attica, divided into Upper Paeania and Lower Paeania, that were situated on the eastern side of Hymettus, near the modern village of Liopesi renamed to Paiania. It was the deme of Demosthenes.^[1][2]

Notable people

• Demades (380–318 BCE), orator and demagogue.
• Demosthenes (384–322 BCE), orator and demagogue.
• Philippides of Paiania (293 BCE), archon Basileus and son of Philomelos.

References

1. Pausanias (1918). "23.12". 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.
2. Harpocr., s.v.; Suda, s.v.; Phot., s.v.

  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.