APPENDIX

IDENTIFICATION OF SOME SITES IN NORTHWESTERN Although the correlation of ancient place names with archaeological sites is not central to the thesis of this study, it is an issue which has ex­ cited a good deal of scholarly interest and should be considered briefly. The identifications of (the main fort), Rhamnous, and have never been in doubt. The identification of Kotroni as the acropolis of the of Aphidna and of Palaiokastro as the site of the Spartan camp at Dekeleia are less certain, but have been accepted by most modern scholars. There is less agreement on the identification of the sites in northwestern Attica. The locations of the district and village of Eleutherai, the deme of Oinoe, the fort of Panakton, and the regions of Drymos and Orgas have been much debated. I propose only to point out the main lines of argumentation. For a full review of the literary evidence and of scholarly opinion, C. N. Edmonson, "The Topography of Northwest Attica" (unpublished Ph.D dissertation, University of California, Berkeley 1966) is indispensable although I do not agree with his identifications for any of the sites considered below. Eleutherai: The district of Eleutherai was on the northwestern border between Plataea and the rest of Attica and was almost certainly the Mazi plain. Pausanias (1.38.8) says that Plataea is presently the border be­ tween and Attica, but that formerly Eleutherai had been the border. Arrian (1. 7 .9) mentions the "gates" (the Kaza pass) that lead from Boeotia to Eleutherai and Attica. Strabo (9. 2. 31) says that Eleutherai was near ·Plataea. The site of the village of Eleutherai is less clear. Pausanias (1.38.9) says that a little above the plain (the Mazi plain), close to Kithairon, the ruins of the walls of Eleutherai are visible. The site of Gyphtokastro (VII.5.a) would appear to fit this description admirably. The identification of Gyphtokastro as Eleutherai was made by J. G. Frazer (Pausanias' Description of , New York 1898, II, pp. 516-17), Milchhoefer (IX, p. 37), Chandler (pp. 10-11), Hammond (p. 121 ), and Vanderpool (pp. 231, 242). Other sites proposed include the Myoupolis fort by W. M. Leake (Travels in Northern Greece, London 1835, II, pp. 375-78), K. J. Beloch ("Zur Karte von Griechenland," Klio 11, 1911, 437), Kahrstedt (p. 12), and Edmonson (pp. 144-49); near the modern town of Villia by W. P. Wallace ("The Spartan Invasion of At­ tica in 431 B.C." in Studies in Honour of Gilbert Norwood: Phoenix Suppl. 1, Toronto 1952, 81). 224 APPENDIX

Oinoe: The Attic deme of Oinoe was next to Eleutherai (Strabo, edition of Aly, pp. 16, 240-41, 281; Harpocration, s.v.). Since Eleutherai was on the Boeotian border (see above) it is safe to assume that Oinoe was also near the frontier. Thucydides (2.18.1-2) says that Oinoe was the first place in Attica ('tiji; 'At't'Lxiji;) that the Peloponnesians came to in 431 and that Oinoe was in the methorion between Attica and Boeotia. This does not necessarily mean that the Peloponnesians did not first come past Eleutherai, since Eleutherai did not have official deme status in the fifth century. Oinoe was a fortified place (Thuc. 2.18.2) and was a deme (on the political status of Eleutherai and Oinoe, see Edmonson, pp. 144-52, 121-28). Athenian troops from Oinoe ambushed a Corinthian con­ tingent marching home from the fort at Dekeleia (Thuc. 8.98). The M you fort (VII .4. b) seems to fit the available evidence best. It is near the border and Eleutherai (Gyphtokastro ), was walled, and was oc­ cupied and probably fortified by the fifth century. Troops from Myoupolis could easily have attacked the Corinthian contingent from Dekeleia which would probably be passing through the Thriasian plain, by using the Oinoe Road (VIIl.4.b ). The identification of Myoupolis as Oinoe was made by Frazer (Pausanias, II, p. 517), Chandler (p. 8), Wrede (pp. 25-26), Scranton (p. 84), and Vanderpool (pp. 231-32). Among other suggested sites are Plakoto by Beloch ("Zur Karte," 437-38) and Kahrstedt (pp. 25-26); Gyphtokastro by Leake (Northern Greece, II, pp. 375-78); the Pantanassa ridge by Wallace ("Spartan In­ vasion," 81-82); the site of the modern town ofVillia by Hammond (pp. 120-22); the Aghios Georgios fort in the Koundoura valley by Edmonson (pp. 121-42). Panakton: Panakton was a major fortress from the period of the through the third century (see above, Chapter IX pp. 194, 220). Thucydides (5.3.5) called it a fortress (teichos) in the Athe­ nian methorion. It was clearly on the Athenian-Boeotian border. A scholion to Plato ( Critias 11 0e) claims that Mt Parnes was near Panakton. Of the two sites which have been suggested for the fort, Gyphtokastro and Kavasala (VII.4.a), the latter is to be preferred, both because it is near Parnes and because the pottery record clearly shows that, unlike Gyphtokastro, the fort at Kavasala was occupied in the fifth century. The argument for Gyphtokastro hangs on linking the im­ pressive, well-built site with the famous name, a dubious procedure. Furthermore, the forts of Phyle and Panakton seem to stand and fall together. Demetrius Poliorcetes captured both forts when he chased Cassander out of Attica in 304 (Plut. Demetrius 23.2). It is logical, therefore, to guess that both forts were on the same route, as are Phyle and Kavasala which overlook the two ends of a major route from the