'''Amphitrope''' ({{langx|el|Ἀμφιτρόπη}}) was a minor coastal (''paralia'') [[deme]] of [[ancient Attica]], belonging to the [[Antiochis#Athenian clan (phyle)|Antiochis tribe]] (''[[phyle]]''), with two representatives in the [[Boule (ancient Greece)|Boule]].<ref name="NP">{{cite encyclopedia | last = Lohmann | first = Hans | title = Amphitrope | encyclopedia = Brill's New Pauly | publisher = Brill Online | doi = 10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e118990 }}</ref>
It was situated in the valley of [[Legrena]], between mount Baphi to the west and mount Spitharopussi to the east, close to the modern settlement of Synterina (Συντερίνα, {{coord|37.73|N|23.99|E|}}), neighboring the demes of [[Atene (deme)|Atene]] to the west, [[Sounion]] to the east and [[Thorikos]] to the north-east, on the border between the modern [[Saronikos, Attica|Saronikos]] and [[Lavreotiki]] municipalities.<ref name="NP"/>
It was one of the smaller demes of the [[Mines of Laurion]] district, with eight or nine mines.<ref name="NP"/>
According to [[Aeschines]] (''[[Against Timarchus]]'' 101), the father of [[Timarchus]] had possessions in Amphitrope which he was forced to sell to pay to cover the expenses of the [[Liturgy (ancient Greece)|liturgy]].
The site of Amphitrope is tentatively located at [[Pousipelia Megalo Peuka]].<ref>{{Barrington Atlas|page=59}}</ref><ref>{{Cite DARE|31101}}</ref>
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==Sources== *William Smith (ed.), ''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography'' (1890) s.v. "Attica" (p. 86).
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