Oea (Attica)

{{Short description|Ancient Athenian deme}} '''Oea''' or '''Oia''' ({{langx|grc|Ὀία}}) or '''Oee''' or '''Oie''' (Οἴη) or '''Oe''' (Ὄη or Ὀή) was a [[deme]] of [[ancient Athens]].

The location of Oea has been a matter of debate, with some situating it above the Pythium, to the west of [[Mount Aegaleos]], to the north of the pass of [[Poecilum]],<ref>[[Sophocles]], ''Oed. Col.'' 1061, Οἰάτιδος ἐκ νόμου, with the Schol.</ref> and recent work putting the site northeast of [[Aspropyrgos]].<ref>{{Cite DARE|31165}}</ref><ref>{{Barrington Atlas|page=59}}</ref>

In the Boule of 500, Oea held six seats, and the deme seems to have maintained this rough scale into the Roman period.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Dow|first=Sterling|date=April 1963|title=The Attic Demes OA and OE|journal=The American Journal of Philology|volume=84|issue=2|pages=166–181|jstor=292876|doi=10.2307/292876}}</ref>

== Notable citizens == * [[Damon of Athens|Damonides]], Athenian musicologist and advisor to [[Pericles]] * [[On the Murder of Eratosthenes|Eratosthenes]], famous adulterer in [[Lysias]]' first speech * [[Lamachus]], Athenian general, son of Xenophanes * Tydeus, Athenian general, son of Lamachus<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FbVPFJQtoZgC&q=tydeus+son+of+%22lamachus%22&pg=PA66|title=Greeks Bearing Gifts: The Public Use of Private Relationships in the Greek World, 435-323 BC|last=Mitchell|first=Lynette G.|date=2002-05-02|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9780521893305|language=en}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}} {{DGRG|title=Attica}}

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