Trittys
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The trittyes, singular trittys were part of the organizational structure that divided the population in ancient Attica, and is commonly thought to have been established by the reforms of Cleisthenes i
Horos (boundary stone) of the trittyes of Pedion and Thria (both tribe of Oineis), in Piraeus, mid-5th century BC.
Phyle
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Phyle is an ancient Greek term for tribe or clan. Members of the same phyle were known as symphyletai meaning 'fellow tribesmen'. During the late 6th century BC, Cleisthenes organized the population o
Trittys
…in 508 BC. The name trittys means "third", and is named such because there were three types of regions in each trittys. There were thirty trittyes and ten tribes (before Cleisthenes, there were only four tribes organized by royal families) named after local heroes in Attica. Trittyes were composed of one or more…
Attica after Cleisthenes' reforms with the ten "tribes", thirty "trittyes", and the demes.