# Phyle (Attica)

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**Phyle** ([Ancient Greek](/source/Ancient_Greek_language): Φυλή) was a strong fortress and [deme](/source/Deme) of [ancient Attica](/source/Ancient_Attica), on a steep rock, commanding the narrow pass across [Mount Parnes](/source/Mount_Parnes), through which runs the direct road from [Thebes](/source/Thebes%2C_Greece) to [Attica](/source/Ancient_Attica), past [Acharnae](/source/Acharnae). On the northern side of the pass was the territory of [Tanagra](/source/Tanagra). Phyle is situated at a distance of more than 120 [stadia](/source/Stadion_(unit)) from Attica,[1] not 100 stadia, as [Diodorus](/source/Diodorus) states,[2] and was one of the strongest Attican fortresses on the [Boeotian](/source/Ancient_Boeotia) frontier. The precipitous rock upon which it stands can only be approached by a ridge on the eastern side. It is memorable in history as the place seized by [Thrasybulus](/source/Thrasybulus) and the Athenian exiles in [Battle of Phyle](/source/Battle_of_Phyle) in 404 BCE, and from which they commenced their operations against the [Thirty Tyrants](/source/Thirty_Tyrants). The height of Phyle commanded views of the whole Attican plain, of the city itself, of [Mount Hymettus](/source/Mount_Hymettus), and the [Saronic Gulf](/source/Saronic_Gulf).[3][4] In Phyle there was a building called the Daphnephoreion, containing a picture, which represented the [Thargelia](/source/Thargelia).[5]

The site of Phyle is located within the bounds of modern [Fyli](/source/Fyli).[6][7]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Psephisma, ap. Dem. de Cor. p. 238

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Diodorus Siculus](/source/Diodorus_Siculus). *[Bibliotheca historica](/source/Bibliotheca_historica) (Historical Library)*. Vol. 14.32.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Xenophon](/source/Xenophon). *[Hellenica](/source/Hellenica)*. Vol. 2.4.2. , *et seq.*

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Nep. *Thrasyb.* 2; [Strabo](/source/Strabo). *[Geographica](/source/Geographica)*. Vol. ix. pp. 396, 404. Page numbers refer to those of [Isaac Casaubon](/source/Isaac_Casaubon)'s edition.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Athen. 10.424 *et seq.*

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [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-7)** [Lund University](/source/Lund_University). [*Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire*](https://imperium.ahlfeldt.se/places/34563.html).

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". *[Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography](/source/Dictionary_of_Greek_and_Roman_Geography)*. London: John Murray.

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