Ericea

{{Short description|Deme of ancient Attica}} {{expand Greek|topic=geo|date=October 2018}} '''Ericea''' or '''Erikeia''' ({{langx|grc|Ἐρίκεια}}) was a [[deme]] of [[ancient Attica]], located near the modern [[Kypseli, Athens|Kypseli]].<ref>[[Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum|IG]] II² 1215.</ref><ref>{{Cite DARE|31125}}</ref> The name of the deme probably derives from the [[Erica arborea|erica]] plant, which grew abundantly in the hilly territory of the area.

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[[Category:Populated places in ancient Attica]] [[Category:Former populated places in Greece]] [[Category:Demoi]]