Alopeke
Sign in to savethumb|Map of classical Attica showing the location of Alopece in Athens. Alopece (), also spelt as Alopecae, was an asty deme of the city of Athens, but located exterior to the city wall of Athens. Alopece belonged to the tribal group (phyle) of Antiochis. It was situated only eleven or twelve stadia from the city, and not far from Cynosarges. It possessed a temple of Aphrodite, and also apparently one of Hermaphroditus.
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thumb|Map of classical Attica showing the location of Alopece in Athens. Alopece (), also spelt as Alopecae, was an asty deme of the city of Athens, but located exterior to the city wall of Athens. Alopece belonged to the tribal group (phyle) of Antiochis. It was situated only eleven or twelve stadia from the city, and not far from Cynosarges. It possessed a temple of Aphrodite, and also apparently one of Hermaphroditus.
==Burial site== The tomb of Anchimolus is near the temple of Hercules at Cynosarges, within Alopece.
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