Lusia (Attica)

Lusia or Lousia (Ancient Greek: Λουσία) was a deme of ancient Attica, of the phyle Oeneïs, sending one delegate to the Athenian Boule.[1] Stephanus of Byzantium notes it was named after an heroine named Lusia, a daughter of Hyacinthus the Lacedaemonian.[2]

The deme is attested in inscriptions; one a funerary inscription of a townsperson,[3] another describing the deme's contributions to construction of the Eleusinion.[4]

The site of Lousia is in the Kephisos valley, west of modern Athens.[5][6]

References

Lohmann, Hans. "Lusia". Brill's New Pauly. Retrieved October 9, 2018.
Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. s.v.
IG II² 6756.
IG II² 1672 line 195.
Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 59, and directory notes accompanying.
Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

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[1] Lohmann, Hans. "Lusia". Brill's New Pauly. Retrieved October 9, 2018.

[2] Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. s.v.

[3] IG II² 6756.

[4] IG II² 1672 line 195.

[5] Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 59, and directory notes accompanying.

[6] Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.