# Halae Araphenides

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Deme in Attica, Greece

Halae Araphenides Error {{native name list}}: an IETF language tag in |tag1= is required (help) Halae Araphenides is along the right coast Interactive map of Halae Araphenides 37°59′14″N 24°00′16″E / 37.987192°N 24.004472°E / 37.987192; 24.004472 Type Deme Periods Archaic Greek Satellite of Athens, Aigeis tribe, trittys of Paralia [el; it] Location Rafina, Attica, Greece Region Attica

**Halae Araphenides** or **Halai Araphenides** ([Ancient Greek](/source/Ancient_Greek_language): Ἁλαὶ Ἀραφηνίδες, [romanized](/source/Romanization_of_Ancient_Greek): *Halái Araphenídes*) was a [deme](/source/Deme) of [ancient Attica](/source/Ancient_Attica), situated on its eastern coast between [Brauron](/source/Brauron) and [Araphen](/source/Araphen), and was the harbour of Brauron, whence persons crossed over to [Marmarium](/source/Marmarium) in [Euboea](/source/Ancient_Euboea).

## Etymology

The deme draws the first part of its name from the saltiness along the coast, while the second part was introduced to distinguish it from the deme of [Halae Aexonides](/source/Halae_Aexonides).

## History

Halae was mentioned by [Euripides](/source/Euripides)[1] as close to the chain of [Karystia](/source/Karystia). In this place was conserved a statue of [Artemis](/source/Artemis) Tauria brought from [Tauris](/source/History_of_Crimea#Tauri_and_Scythians) by [Iphigenia](/source/Iphigenia) and [Orestes](/source/Orestes).

In the deme, expiatory rites were held which consisted of withdrawing drops of blood from the throat of a man by means of a knife; furthermore, they had midnight feasts and [Pyrrhic dances](/source/Pyrrhic_dance).

Its port was also used by citizens of a Brauron and for the marble quarries of [Karystos](/source/Karystos), near the island of [Euboea](/source/Euboea), being the closest port of Attica.[2]

## Location

The site of Halae Araphenides is located near modern [Artemida, Attica](/source/Artemida%2C_Attica) (formerly, Loutsa).[3][4]

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Euripides](/source/Euripides). *[Iphigenia in Tauris](/source/Iphigenia_in_Tauris)*. p. 1451.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Strabo IX.1.22; X.1.6.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Lund University](/source/Lund_University). [*Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire*](https://imperium.ahlfeldt.se/places/31131.html).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [Talbert, Richard](/source/Richard_Talbert), ed. (2000). [*Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World*](/source/Barrington_Atlas_of_the_Greek_and_Roman_World). Princeton University Press. p. 59. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-691-03169-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-691-03169-9), with accompanying Map-by-Map Directory.

## Bibliography

**Primary sources**

- [Strabo](/source/Strabo). *[Geography](/source/Geography_(Strabo))*. ([here](https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0198))

**Secondary sources**

- Lohmann, Hans. "Halae". [*Brill's New Pauly*](http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/brill-s-new-pauly/halae-e501810).

- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the [public domain](/source/Public_domain): [Smith, William](/source/William_Smith_(lexicographer)), ed. (1854–1857). ["Attica – 92 (Halae Araphenides)"](https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=A.attica-geo&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0064). *[Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography](/source/Dictionary_of_Greek_and_Roman_Geography)*. London: John Murray.

## External links

- [Ancient Greece portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Ancient_Greece)

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