# Lower Ancyle

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**Lower Ancyle** or **Ankyle Hypenerthen** ([Ancient Greek](/source/Ancient_Greek_language): Ἀγκυλή ὑπένερθεν) was the name of a [deme](/source/Deme) of [ancient Attica](/source/Ancient_Attica). It was located east of [Athens](/source/Ancient_Athens) and bordering [Agryle](/source/Agryle) to the south.[1] Upper Ancyle passed from the *[phyle](/source/Phyle)* [Aigeis](/source/Aigeis) to [Antigonis](/source/Antigonis_(tribe)) in 307/306 BCE; Lower Ancyle remained in the Aigeis phyle.[2][3]

In the 3rd century, in Roman times, the demoi were home to rich landed properties. Their name derives from the Greek name for "javelin" (which was thrown with a rope). The same root also appears in an epithet attributed to [Cronus](/source/Cronus) and to [Prometheus](/source/Prometheus), "of sharp wits".

The site of Lower Ancyle is located northeast of modern [Ardettos](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ardettos&action=edit&redlink=1).[4][5]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [IG](/source/Corpus_Inscriptionum_Graecarum) II² 2776.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [IG](/source/Corpus_Inscriptionum_Graecarum) II² 2362.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Traill, John S. (1975). ASCSA (ed.). [*The Political Organization of Attica*](https://archive.org/details/politicalorganiz0000trai/page/126). Vol. 14. pp. [126–127](https://archive.org/details/politicalorganiz0000trai/page/126). [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.2307/1353928](https://doi.org/10.2307%2F1353928). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-87661-514-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-87661-514-0). [JSTOR](/source/JSTOR_(identifier)) [1353928](https://www.jstor.org/stable/1353928). {{[cite book](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_book)}}: |journal= ignored ([help](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#periodical_ignored))

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.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [Lund University](/source/Lund_University). [*Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire*](https://imperium.ahlfeldt.se/places/31105.html).

[37°58′36″N 23°45′21″E / 37.976649°N 23.755968°E / 37.976649; 23.755968](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Lower_Ancyle&params=37.976649_N_23.755968_E_source:http://dare.ht.lu.se/places/31105)

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