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CHRISTOPHER BARON

University of Notre Dame

A DEME (district, precinct) of ancient ATHENS, in northeastern Attica inland from MARATHON (BA 59 C2; Müller I, 603–4). Aphidna was the second‐largest Attic deme, after Acharnae. Aphidna appears in Herodotus’ mythological DIGRESSION on DECELEA after the Battle of PLATAEA: the Athenians say that when the sons of TYNDAREUS invaded Attica to recover HELEN from THESEUS, they were guided to Aphidna, which TITACUS betrayed to them (9.73). Aphidna also occurs as a demotic for two Athenians: CALLIMACHUS (commander‐in‐chief (polemarch) of the Athenian army at Marathon, 6.109.2) and TIMODEMUS (an enemy of THEMISTOCLES, 8.125.1).

SEE ALSO: Date of Composition; Myth