Geography of ancient Attica

Lavrio, Lavrion or Laurium (; (later ); from Middle Ages until 1908: Εργαστήρια Ergastiria) is a town in southeastern part of Attica, Greece. It is part of Athens metropolitan area and the seat of the municipality of Lavreotiki. Laurium was famous in Classical antiquity for its silver mines, which was one of the chief sources of revenue of the Athenian state. The metallic silver was mainly used for coinage. The Archaeological Museum of Lavrion shows much of the story of these mines.

thumb|250px|Pinakion|Pinakia, identification tablets (name, father's name, deme) used for tasks like [[jury selection, Museum at the Ancient Agora of Athens]] In Ancient Greece, a deme or ' (, plural: demoi''''', δῆμοι) was a suburb or a subdivision of Athens and other city-states. Demes as simple subdivisions of land in the countryside existed in the 6th century BC and earlier, but did not acquire particular significance until the reforms of Cleisthenes in 508 BC. In those reforms, enrollment in the citizen-lists of a deme became the requirement for citizenship; prior to that time, citizenshi

Aigosthena () was an ancient Greek fortified port city of Megaris, northwest of the ancient city of Megara to which it belonged. It is also the name of the coastal settlement at the foot of the ancient city walls, also known as Porto Germeno. The ancient citadel which stands at the foot of Mt Cithaeron and extends down to the sea at the inlet of Aigosthena, on the east side of the Gulf of Corinth, is famous for retaining several of the tallest surviving towers of ancient Greece.

region of ancient Attica, Greece

The Mesogeia or Mesogaia (, "Midlands") is a geographical region of Attica in Greece.

plain near Eleusis in ancient Attica, Greece

thumb|300px|Diacria, showing the dispositions of the Greek and Persian forces at the Battle of Marathon Diacria () is an ancient name for the highlands in the north-east of Attica in Greece, surrounding the Plain of Marathon.

group of four ancient demes of Attica

ancient name of Lomvarda peninsula in Vouliagmeni, Attica, Greece