... the Peloponnesian war (Kallias decrees); the Prerosia/Plerosia; the calendar of the Tetrapolis; and the ‘greater demarchy’ of Erchia. It is argued that cult in the rural demes is not dominated by ‘fertility rites’. The influence of the farmer’s year on ritual calendars is seen as an ongoing component of the logic...

...The word “Tetrapolis” designates four cities in the northwestern part of ancient Syria: Antioch, Seleucia, Laodicea, and Apamea. This chapter looks at the interconnected history of these four cities from the fourth century bc to the sixth century ad, under the Seleucids, the Roman...

...This chapter argues that the city of Athens should be viewed, not as a polarizing centre, but as a relational system between various communities, mediated by a set of ritual practices. By focusing on the religious association of the Marathonian Tetrapolis, the author assesses the spatial location...

... however, the Kynosoura peninsula presumably formed part of the deme. The Tetrapolis sacrificed there, perhaps in Skirophorion, to an unknown deity, and also sacrificed at Trikorynthos in Metageitnion to Hera (and Kourotrophos). ⁶⁶ Three tombstones of demesmen have been found in or near the deme...