Ceriadae

'''Ceriadae''' or '''Keiriadai''' ({{langx|grc|Κειριάδαι}}) was a [[deme]] of [[ancient Attica]], of the ''[[phyle]]'' of [[Hippothontis]], sending two delegates to the [[Boule (ancient Greece)|Boule]].<ref>{{cite web|first=Hans|last=Lohmann|publisher=Brill's New Pauly|title=Ceiriadae |url=https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/brill-s-new-pauly/ceiriadae-e611620|accessdate=October 9, 2018}}</ref> It was located outside of the walls of [[Themistocles]], west of the hill of the Nymphs and west of the [[Pnyx]]. In this deme there was the baratharon (βάραθρον), a chasm into which criminals condemned to death were thrown.

The site of Ceriadae is west of the Pnyx.<ref>{{Barrington Atlas|page=59}}</ref><ref>{{Cite DARE|31140}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/579970 |title=Places: 579970 (Keiriadai) |author=Traill, J. |accessdate=February 24, 2024 |publisher=Pleiades}} </ref>

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