Hekale?
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: J.S. Traill
Creators: J.S. Traill
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes
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History
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.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/579944
38.1344545, 23.908842
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 21592 (550 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 10000 meters.
- DARMC location 12691 (550 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 10000 meters.
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- Less than certain: Ἑκάλη (Hekale: Ancient Greek, 550 BC - AD 300)
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- Koukounarti (English, AD 1900 - AD 1999)
- Hekale? part of (regional) Attica (unspecified date range)
- Hekale? part of (administrative) Leontis (unspecified date range)
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settlement, deme (Athenian)
- See Further:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 59 C2 Hekale?
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Koukounarti [IV - inland - 1]
J.S. Traill, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, R. Scott Smith, and Greta Hawes, 'Hekale?: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/579944> [accessed: 18 November 2025]
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