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ANAPHLYSTUS

ANAPHLYSTUS (Ἀνάφλυστος: Eth. Ἀναφλύστιος: Anáuyso), a demus of Attica, belonging to the tribe Antiochis, on the W. coast of Attica, opposite the island of Eleussa, and a little N. of the promontory of Sunium. It was a place of some importance. Xenophon recommended the erection of a fortress here for the protection of the mines of Sunium. (Hdt. 4.99; Scylax, p. 21; Xen. de Vectig. 4 § 43; Strab. p. 398; Leake, Demi, p. 59.)

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