Antiochis () was one of the ten tribes (phylai) into which the Ancient Athenians were divided.E Vanderpool - Studies in Attic Epigraphy, History, and Topography: Presented to Eugene Vanderpool (p.170) ASCSA, 1982 [Retrieved 2015-04-17]NF. Jones - Ionian tribes DOI: 10.1002/9781444338386.wbeah04146 Published Online: 26 OCT 2012 The Encyclopedia of Ancient History[Retrieved 2015-04-17](ed. for nature of word < phylai >)
Location and history Is named after Antiochus, son of Heracles and Meda (daughter of Phylas, king of Ephyra).N Fikri Alican - Rethinking Plato: A Cartesian Quest for the Real Plato (p.331) Rodopi, 2012 [Retrieved 2015-04-17]R Hunter (Regius Professor of Greek at the University of Cambridge c.2005) - The Hesiodic Catalogue of Women: Constructions and Reconstructions (p.191) Cambridge University Press, 14 Jul 2005 (reprint) , 349 pages [Retrieved 2015-04-17]
Antiochis comprised 13 demes: Aigilia, Alopeke, Amphitrope, Anaphlystos, Atene, Besa, Eitea, Eroiadai, Kolonai, Krioa, Pallene, Semachidai, and Thorai.John S. 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 [Retrieved 2015-04-17]O Palagia, A Spetsieri-Choremi - The Panathenaic Games: Proceedings of an International Conference held at the University of Athens, May 11-12, 2004 (p.77) Oxbow Books, 26 Feb 2015 [Retrieved 2015-04-17]John S. Traill - (same source as given previously here)[Retrieved 2015-04-17]
Phalerum was a harbour belonging to the tribe. From this harbour the voyages of Theseus and Menestheus were said to have begun, for Crete and Troy respectively.J Robinson (D.D., Rector of Clifton, Westmoreland.) - Archaeologia Graeca, or the Antiquities of Greece; chiefly designed to illustrate the Greek Classics. To which are prefixed, a brief history of the Grecian States, and biographical sketches of the principal Greek writers 1827 [Retrieved 2015-04-17]
Socrates belonged to this tribe.Nails, D - "Socrates" - A Chronology of the historical Socrates in the context of Athenian history and the dramatic dates of Plato's dialogues The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Spring 2014 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.)[Retrieved 2015-04-17] The tribe was in possession of the prytany in the Council, at the time of the events concerning the ten generals active for Athens' navy in the battle of Arginusae.Oxford Dictionary - prytany Oxford University Press [Retrieved 2015-04-17]M Dillon, L Garland (lecturer in Classics and Ancient History at the University of New England, New South Wales) - Ancient Greece: Social and Historical Documents from Archaic Times to the Death of Alexander (p.119) Routledge, 18 Jun 2010 (revised) [Retrieved 2015-04-17]
Aristides was in command of this tribe's contingent during the Battle of Marathon.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 [Retrieved 2015-04-17]
References