Alopece (), also spelt as Alopecae, was an asty deme of the city of Athens,JG Cooper – The Life of Socrates R. Dodsley, 1750 [Retrieved – 21 March 2015] but located exterior to the city wall of Athens.The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica - Aeschines [Retrieved 22 March 2015] Alopece belonged to the tribal group (phyle) of Antiochis.Herodotus (translated by Reverend W.Beloe) – (p.263) T. Wardle., 1839 (489 pages) copy from the University of Virginia [Retrieved 30 May 2015] It was situated only eleven or twelve stadia from the city,Aesch. c. Timarch. p. 119, ed. Reiske and not far from Cynosarges. It possessed a temple of Aphrodite,Böckh, Inscr. n. 395 and also apparently one of Hermaphroditus.Alciphr. Ep. 3.37.
Burial site The tomb of Anchimolus is near the temple of Hercules at Cynosarges, within Alopece.Herodotus, I Taylor – Herodotus. Translated from the Greek for the Use of General Readers; with Short Explanatory Notes. By Isaac Taylor 1829 (Original from The British Library, Digitized 9 December 2014) [Retrieved 21 March 2015]Herodotus translated by Rev.W.Beloe – Volume 2 (p.188) P.P. Berresford, 1828 (Original from the University of Michigan, Digitized 10 August 2007) [Retrieved 21 March 2015]
Natives Lysimachus II – son of Aristides I, Aristides II – son of Lysimachus II, Thucydides II – son of Melesias II, Melesias II – son of Thucydides I, Socrates, son of Sophroniscus (of the tribe of AlopeceEncyclopædia Britannica: or, A dictionary of arts and sciences, compiled by a society of gentlemen in Scotland [ed. by W. Smellie]. Suppl. to the 3rd. ed., by G. Gleig (p.460) published 1810 & 1823 (Original from Oxford University, Digitized 24 May 2007) [Retrieved 22 March 2015]).Debra Nails (Professor of Philosophy, Michigan State University.)- The People of Plato (p.312) Hackett Publishing [Retrieved 21 March 2015]
Critobolus (c.5/4th century BC) son of Crito (also of the deme), both followers of Socrates.T Curnow (c.2006 Senior Lecturer: Division of Religion and Philosophy, St Martin's College, Lancaster) – The Philosophers of the Ancient World: An A-Z Guide (p.88) A&C Black, 22 June 2006 [Retrieved 21 March 2015]
Hermogenes (c.445 to after 392 BC), was credited by Xenophon as being the source of much information about the latter part Socrates' life. In addition he is a participant in Cratylus, and is mentioned in Phaedo.A Preus (Distinguished Teaching Professor at Binghamton University) – Historical Dictionary of Ancient Greek Philosophy (p.189) Rowman & Littlefield, 12 February 2015 [Retrieved 21 March 2015]
Megacles son of Hippocrates, Cleisthenes' nephew and leader of the Alcmaeonids. Also Callias, son of Cratias.verified <Hippocrates> at Aristotle (translated by FG Kenyon- The Athenian Constitution (Part 22) MindFull Media, 28 January 2015 (163 pages) [Retrieved 2015-3-22]
Megacles V, son of Megacles IV. Melesius, a famous wrestler, father of Thucydides I.D Nails – The People of Plato p.340 [Retrieved 22 March 2015]
Satyrus, brother of Lacadaemonius, was arbitrator at a trial involving a dispute on the release of an enslaved woman, who had stolen from her owner prior to her release.Wolpert, Andrew; Kapparis, Konstantinos – Legal Speeches of Democratic Athens: Sources for Athenian History p.204 Hackett Publishing, 9 September 2011 Retrieved 7 February 2017Johnstone, Steven – A History of Trust in Ancient Greece p.15-16 University of Chicago Press, 1 October 2011 Retrieved 7 February 2017
Property Timarchus had a farm there (97), eleven or twelve stades from the city wall (99).
Records dating from the years 367 to 366, show a person from Lakiadai had acquired property in this deme, which was previously owned by a person affiliated with Xypetē.
See also Megacles
References
External links Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) William Smith, LLD, Ed.