Attalis (Ancient Greek: Ἀτταλίς) was a tribe (phyle) added by the ancient Athenians to the previous list of 11 Athenian tribes (consisting of trittyes and demes) in the spring of 200 B.C. (just a few months earlier the "Macedonian" tribes Antigonis and Demetrias were dissolved). The tribe was named after Attalos I of Pergamon on occasion of his visit to Athens.
The Monument of the Eponymous Heroes had two statues removed and one added, starting the so-called Period IV.
The Athenians placed the phyle on the last, 12th, place of their list (in three hundred years they were moved to the 13th place with introduction of Adrianis), modern researchers use the Roman numeral XIV to designate Attalis.
The 12 demes that formed Attalis were collected from all 11 old phylai ("rule-of-one"), with the 12th, Appolonieis, newly created and named after Apollonis of Cyzicus, wife of Attalos I.
References
- Traill 1975, p. 30.
- Traill 1975, p. xvi.
- ^ Bates 1898, p. 46.
- Traill 1975, p. 31.
Sources
- Bates, F.O. (1898). The Five Post-Kleisthenean Tribes. Cornell studies in classical philology. Vol. VIII. Press of Andrus & Church. Retrieved 2025-01-13.
- Traill, John S. (1975). The Political Organization of Attica: A Study of the Demes, Trittyes, and Phylai, and Their Representation in the Athenian Council. Hesperia Supplements. Vol. 14. doi:10.2307/1353928. JSTOR 1353928.
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