Historical place profile
Hekale?
Hekale was a deme of ancient Attica, likely situated in the plain of Marathon. It derived its name from Hecale, an old woman who aided Theseus in his hunt for the Marathonian bull and whom the hero subsequently honored.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:579944
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:579944
- Place type
- deme-attic, settlement
- Coordinates
- 38.134455, 23.908842
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Hekale was a deme of ancient Attica, likely situated in the plain of Marathon. It derived its name from Hecale, an old woman who aided Theseus in his hunt for the Marathonian bull and whom the hero subsequently honored.
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 59 C2 Hekale?
Source and reuse
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Research path
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