Laciadae

{{short description|Ancient Athenian deme}} '''Laciadae''' or '''Lakiadai''' ({{langx|grc|Λακιάδαι}}) was a [[deme]] of [[ancient Attica]] on the [[Sacred Way]] between [[Scirum|Sciron]] and the [[Cephissus (Athenian plain)|Cephissus]], and near the sacred fig-tree. It is celebrated as the deme to which the family of [[Miltiades]] and [[Cimon]] belonged.<ref>{{Cite Pausanias|1|37|2}}</ref><ref>[[Plutarch]], ''Cim.'' 4, ''Alc.'' 22; [[Cicero]] ''de Off.'' 2.1. 8; Hesych.; Suid.</ref> It took its name from the Attic hero [[Lacius]].<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0104%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DL%3Aentry+group%3D1%3Aentry%3Dlacius-bio-1 A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, La'cius]</ref><ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0160:book=1:chapter=37 Pausanias, Description of Greece, 1.37]</ref>

The site of Laciadae is tentatively located at {{coord|37.993384|N|23.699604|E|display=title,inline|format=dms| source:http://dare.ht.lu.se/places/31156}}.<ref>{{Cite DARE|31156}}</ref><ref>{{Barrington Atlas|page=59}}</ref>

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