Coele or Koile ( Ancient Greek : Κοίλη or Κοιλή) was a deme of ancient Attica , originally of the phyle of Hippothontis , and between 307/6 BCE and 201/200 BCE of Demetrias (tribe) [ el ] , sending three delegates to the Boule . It was located partially inside and partially outside the Themistoclean Wall .
5-455: The most important monuments were the tomb of Cimon Coalemos (together with his horses, winners of the Olympics ) and of the historian Thucydides . Following these sources, many historians thought that the deme was, at least in part, outside the city walls, since Cicero had written that it was illegal to bury the dead inside the walls. However, archaeological discoveries have shown that only
10-544: A location in Ancient Attica is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Cimon Coalemos Cimon Coalemos ( ancient Greek Κίμων Κοάλεμος, Kìmon Koàlemos ), was a renowned ancient Olympic chariot-racer of the 6th century BC. Cimon, called "Coalemos" ( ancient Greek Κοάλεμος, Koàlemos , "booby"), son of Stesagoras, was a member the Athenian clan of Philaidae , step-brother of Miltiades
15-698: A small part of the deme, that containing the tombs, developed outside the walls. The deme had its own agora . In the Hellenistic period a wall was built to reinforce the defenses of the city through the deme, which was abandoned and used, in Roman times, as a cemetery. The site of Coele is in southwest of the Pnyx . [REDACTED] Media related to Deme of Koile at Wikimedia Commons 37°58′10″N 23°43′04″E / 37.9695°N 23.7178°E / 37.9695; 23.7178 This article about
20-663: The Elder and father of Stesagoras , both tyrants of the Thracian Chersonese (now the Gallipoli Peninsula ). Cimon was a well-known chariot race organizer, winning three consecutive times the chariot race , one of the most important competitions of the Ancient Olympic Games . In fact, the renown of the victory in the chariot race was given to the organizer of the team, who was funding
25-516: The chariot, breeding the horses and hiring the charioteer. Banned from Athens for political reasons, Cimon was forgiven and called back to his homeland by the tyrant Peisistratos since he dedicated to the tyrant his second victory at the Olympic Games, but when, four years later, he won again the chariot race, the envious tyrant sons, Hippias and Hipparchus , murdered him in a night ambush. We know from Herodotus that Cimon Coalemus
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