Cydathenaeum or Kydathenaion () was one of the demes in ancient Athens. It belonged in the phyle (tribe) Pandionis.
History When Cleisthenes formally established the deme system in 508/7 BC, Kydathenaion was the third largest deme after Acharnae and Aphidna.Hendriks 2012, p. 21 Its population is estimated to have been around 3,300–3,600 people.Hendriks 2012, p. 70 Kydathenaion was one of the five demes located within the walls of the city of Athens (alongside Koile, Kollytos, Melite, and Skambonidai).Hendriks 2012, p. 23 It was in the very heart of Athens containing the Acropolis,Young 1951, p. 140 and possibly the Areopagus.Young 1951, p. 142
Notable people from the deme include: Cleon (died 422 BC), statesman and a general during the Peloponnesian WarReckford 1987, p. 524, fn. 33 Andocides (440–390 BC), one of the ten Attic oratorsThompson 1970, p. 143 Aristophanes (c. 446 – c. 386 BC), comic playwright Nicochares (died c. 345 BC), comic poet Echedemos (fl. 190 BC), statesman, ambassadorPantos 1989, p. 282 Aristodemus of Cydathenaeum
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References Luke Hendriks (2012). Athens and the Attic Demes. MA thesis, Leiden University.