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Hestiaea (Attica)

Coordinates: 38°00′25″N 23°48′50″E / 38.007001°N 23.813936°E / 38.007001; 23.813936
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Hestiaea or Hestiaia (Ancient Greek: Ἑστιαία), also known as Histiaea or Histiaia (Ἱστίαια), was a deme of ancient Attica located northeast of Athens, near the modern Tsako, near Cholargos.[1]

Very little is known of Hestiaea. According to Strabo its citizens originally founded the homonymous city in the north of the island Euboea;[2] this theory, however, could have arisen in the late period and therefore would be unfounded.

References

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  1. ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
  2. ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. 10.1.3. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.

38°00′25″N 23°48′50″E / 38.007001°N 23.813936°E / 38.007001; 23.813936