Historical place profile
Melite
Melite was a deme of ancient Attica. It was located in the urban center of Athens and included both the Agora and the Pnyx. It belonged to the tribe of Kekropis.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:582863
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:582863
- Place type
- deme-attic, settlement
- Coordinates
- 37.979531, 23.718407
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Melite was a deme of ancient Attica. It was located in the urban center of Athens and included both the Agora and the Pnyx. It belonged to the tribe of Kekropis.
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 B3 Melite
Source and reuse
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Research path
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