For other uses, see Deme (disambiguation). Pinakia, identification tablets (name, father's name, deme) used for tasks like jury selection, Museum at the Ancient Agora of Athens In Ancient Greece, a deme (δῆμος) was a subdivision of Attica, the region of Greece surrounding Athens. Demes as simple subdivisions of land in the countryside seem to have existed in the 6th century BC and earlier, but did not acquire particular significance until the reforms of Cleisthenes in 508 BC. In those reforms, enrollment in the citizen-lists of a deme became the requirement for citizenship; prior to that time, citizenship had been based on membership in a phratry, or family group. At this same time, demes were established in the city of Athens itself, where they had not previously existed; in all, at the end of Cleisthenes' reforms, Attica was divided into 139 demes. The establishment of demes as the fundamental units of the state weakened the gene, or aristocratic family groups, that had dominated the phratries.1

A deme functioned to some degree as a polis in miniature, and indeed some demes, such as Eleusis and Acharnae, were in fact significant towns. Each deme had a demarchos who supervised its affairs; various other civil, religious, and military functionaries existed in various demes. Demes held their own religious festivals and collected and spent revenue.2 Demes were combined with other demes from the same area to make trittyes, larger population groups, which in turn were combined to form the ten tribes, or phyles of Athens. Each tribe contained one trittys from each of three regions: the city, the coast, and the inland area. Contents 1 List of Athenian demes according to tribes/phylai (φυλαί) 1.1 Erechtheïs (Ερεχθηίς) 1.2 Aegeïs (Αιγηίς) 1.3 Pandionis (Πανδιονίς) 1.4 Leontis (Λεοντίς) 1.5 Akamantis (Ακαμαντίς) 1.6 Oeneïs (Οινηίς) 1.7 Kekropis (Κεκροπίς) 1.8 Hippothontis (Ιπποθοντίς) 1.9 Aiantis (Αιαντίς) 1.10 Antiochis (Αντιοχίς) 2 Later usage 3 Footnotes 4 References // List of Athenian demes according to tribes/phylai (φυλαί) Erechtheïs (Ερεχθηίς) Upper Agryle Lower Agryle Anagyrous Euonymon Themakos Kedoi Kephisia Upper Lamptrai Lower Lamptrai Pambotadai Upper Pergase Lower Pergase Phegous Sybridai Aegeïs (Αιγηίς) Upper Ankyle Lower Ankyle Araphen Halai Araphenides Bate Gargettos Diomeia Hestiaia Erikeia Erchia Ikarion Ionidai Kollytos Kolonos Kydantidai Myrrhinoutta Otryne Plotheia Teithras Phegaia Philaidai Pandionis (Πανδιονίς) Angele Konthyle Kydathenaion Kytheros Myrrhinous Oa Prasiai Probalinthos Upper Paiania Lower Paiania Steiria Leontis (Λεοντίς) Aithalidai Halimous Deiradiotai Hecale Eupyridai Kettos Kolonai Kropidai Leukonion Oion Kerameikon Paionidai Pelekes Upper Potamos Lower Potamos Potamioi-Deiradiotai Skambonidai Sounion Hybadai Phrearrhioi Cholleidai Akamantis (Ακαμαντίς) Hagnous Eiresidai Eitea Hermos Iphistiadai Thorikos Kerameis Kephale Kikynna Kyrteidai Poros Prospalta Sphettos Cholargos Oeneïs (Οινηίς) Acharnae Boutadai Epikephisia Thria Hippotomadai Kothokidai Lakiadai Lousia Oe Perithoidai Ptelea Tyrmeidai Phyle Kekropis (Κεκροπίς) Athmonon Aixone Halai Aixonides Daidalidai Epieikidai Melite Xypete Pithos Sypalettos Trinemeia Phlya Hippothontis (Ιπποθοντίς) Azenia Hamaxanteia Anakaia Auridai Acherdous Dekeleia Elaious Eleusis Eroiadai Thymaitadai Keiriadai Koile Kopros Korydallos Oinoe (of the west) Oion Dekeleikon Peiraieus Aiantis (Αιαντίς) Aphidna Marathon Oinoe (of the east) Rhamnous Trikorynthos Phaleron Antiochis (Αντιοχίς) Aigilia Alopeke Amphitrope Anaphlystos Atene Besa Eitea Eroidai Ergadeis Thorai Kolonai Krioa Leukopyra Pallene Semachidai Phyrrhinesioi Later usage

The term deme (dēmos) survived into the Hellenistic and Roman eras. By the time of the Byzantine Empire, the term was used to refer to one of the four chariot racing factions, the Reds, the Blues, the Greens and the Whites. In modern Greece, the term dēmos is used to denote the municipalities. Footnotes ^ J.V. Fine, The Ancient Greeks: A Critical History ^ David Whitehead, "Deme" from the Oxford Classical Dictionary, Simon Hornblower and Antony Spawforth ed. References Fine, John V.A. The Ancient Greeks: A critical history (Harvard University Press, 1983). ISBN 0-674-03314-0. Hornblower, Simon, and Anthony Spawforth ed., The Oxford Classical Dictionary (Oxford University Press, 2003). ISBN 0-19-866172-X. Suzanne, Bernard (1998). plato-dialogues.org, "Attic Tribes and Demes". Accessed August 1, 2006. Whitehead, David. The Demes of Attica 508/7–ca. 250 BC: A Political and Social Study (Princeton University Press, 1986). v · d · eTypes of administrative country subdivisions Smallcaps indicate a type used by ten or more countries. Current English terms

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