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Headword:
*kerami/s
Adler number: kappa,1360
Translated headword: Keramis, Ceramis, Kerameis
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Keramis is a deme of the Akamantid tribe [sc. in
Athens]. It took the name from the potters' [lit: ceramic] craft and from sacrificing to a certain hero [called]
Keramos.
*kerami/s: dh=mo/s e)sti fulh=s th=s *)akamanti/dos h( *kerami/s. ei)/lhfe de\ tou)/noma a)po\ th=s keramikh=s te/xnhs kai\ tou= qu/ein *kera/mw| tini\ h(/rwi+.
Notes:
NW of the Dipylon Gate of
Athens. Obviously associated -- though not identical -- with the
Kerameikos or Potters' Quarter (for which see
kappa 1354,
kappa 1355,
kappa 1356,
kappa 1357). As a deme, it was one of the many which was known by the plural of the demotikon: sing. Kerameus, pl. Kerameis.
Entry abridged from Harpokration (and
Photius) s.v., commetning in the first instance on
Hyperides fr. 127 Jensen and citing
Diodorus the Periegete (FGrH 372 F18) and
Philochorus (FGrH 328 F5) for the information given.
J.S. Traill, The Political Organization of Attica (Princeton 1975) 47
D. Whitehead, The Demes of Attica (Princeton 1975) index s.v.
On hero-cult generally: OCD(4) s.v.
Keywords: aetiology; constitution; daily life; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; geography; historiography; mythology; religion; rhetoric; science and technology; trade and manufacture
Translated by: David Whitehead on 23 September 2000@10:44:42.
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