Hagnus (Attica)
Hagnus (
Leos of Agnus, the herald of Pallas; whereupon Theseus cut to pieces the troops at Gargettus. In consequence of this a lasting enmity followed between the inhabitants of Pallene and Agnus.[2]
The road from Sphettus to Athens passed through the opening between
Mount Hymettus. A monastery there by the name of Ieraka (or Hieraka) is the site of Gargettus.[3][4] The proximity of Pallene and Gargettus is indicated by another legend. Pallene was celebrated for its temple of Athena; and we are told that Eurystheus was buried at Gargettus in front of the temple of Athena Pallenis.[5][6][7] We know further that Pallene lay on one of the roads from the city to Marathon.[8]
Between the monastery of Ieraka and the small village of
Peisistratus defeated the Alcmaeonidae. The inscription, however, in such a case, is not decisive evidence of location, as material may be moved (see spolia
).
Agnus is placed by Ludwig Ross in the hollow which lies between the extreme northern point of Hymettus and Ieraka. William Martin Leake, on the other hand, fixes it at Markópulo, in the southern part of the Mesogaea, because Finlay found at this place an inscription, .... υλίδης Ἀγνούσιος - ... ylides Agnousious. Modern scholars favor the Markopulo location, and fix the site as southwest of Markopoulo Dardiste.[3][11]
Notable among the ancient articles related to Agnus is the Fragment from the tomb of Nikarete; Nikarete was a daughter of Ktesikles of Agnus.
References
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
- ^ Plutarch, Thes. 13; Philochor. ap. Schol. ad Eurip. Hippol. 35.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
- ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. viii. p.377. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. sub voce Γαργηττός.
- ^ πάροιθε παρθένου Παλληνίδος, Euripides, Heracl. 1031.
- ^ Herodotus. Histories. Vol. 1.62.
- ^ Böckh, Inscr. n. 76.
- ^ Böckh, n. 23.
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Attica". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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