Cydathenaeum
Cydathenaeum or Kydathenaion was one of the demes in ancient Athens. It belonged in the phyle Pandionis.
History
When Cleisthenes formally established the deme system in 508/7 BC, Kydathenaion was the third largest deme after Acharnae and Aphidna. Its population is estimated to have been around 3,300–3,600 people. Kydathenaion was one of the five demes located within the walls of the city of Athens. It was in the very heart of Athens containing the Acropolis, and possibly the Areopagus.Notable people from the deme include:
- Cleon, statesman and a general during the Peloponnesian War
- Andocides, one of the ten Attic orators
- Aristophanes, comic playwright
- Nicochares, comic poet
- Echedemos, statesman, ambassador
- Aristodemus of Cydathenaeum