# Pithus

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**Pithus** or **Pithos** ([Ancient Greek](/source/Ancient_Greek_language): Πίθος) was a [deme](/source/Deme) in [ancient Attica](/source/Ancient_Attica) of the *[phyle](/source/Phyle)* of [Cecropis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cecropis_(tribe)&action=edit&redlink=1), sending three, four, or five delegates to the [Athenian Boule](/source/Boule_(ancient_Greece)).[1]

The name of the deme comes from [Pittheus](/source/Pittheus), the maternal grandfather of [Theseus](/source/Theseus); so Theseus was originally a local hero. Pithus was head of [Athena Pallene's](/source/Athena) league, along with [Gargettus](/source/Gargettus), [Pallene](/source/Pallene_(Attica)), both neighboring Pithus, and [Acharnae](/source/Acharnae). The deme also celebrated its *[thesmophoria](/source/Thesmophoria)*, led by two local women.

Its site was unlocated.[2]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Lohmann, Hans (October 2006). ["Pithus"](https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/brill-s-new-pauly/pithus-e926380). Brill's New Pauly. Retrieved October 10, 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [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.

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