Peleces

Peleces or Pelekes (Ancient Greek: Πήληκες, romanized: Pēlēkes) were three demoi of ancient Attica, forming a community, as τρίκωμοι,[1] and probably, therefore, adjacent. If the reading in Thucydides is correct, διὰ Κρωπειᾶς,[2] these demoi should be placed in the north of the Athenian plain, but many editors read διὰ Κεκροπίας.

The site of Peleces is tentatively located near modern Chasia.[3][4]

  1. ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. sub voce Εὐρυπίδαι.
  2. ^ Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. Vol. 2.19.
  3. ^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 59, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
  4. ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.