Styria (Greece)


Coordinates: 37 ° 53'44 "N 24 ° 01'56" E / 37.89556, 24.03222 Map of the demos of ancient Attica. The demo of Styria was located in the east, next to the coast.

Styria (in Greek, Στειριά) is the name of an attic demo of Ancient Greece.

Strabo places it between the demos of Prasia and Brauron.

It was believed that settlers from the Attica region from Styria, together with others from Tetrápolis, had populated the cities of Caristo, Estira and Marmario, located on the island of Euboea.Other tradition related that other settlers from Styria they had followed Peteo when he was expelled from Attica by Aegean and had settled in Styria, in the region of Phocis, which is why the city had taken this name.

From the demo of Styria, historical figures such as Theramenes, Thrasybulus and Polemon were born.

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