Halae Araphenides
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|location = Rafina, Attica, Greece
|region = Attica
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Halae Araphenides or Halai Araphenides ({{langx|grc|Ἁλαὶ Ἀραφηνίδες|Halái Araphenídes}}) was a deme of ancient Attica, situated on its eastern coast between Brauron and Araphen, and was the harbour of Brauron, whence persons crossed over to Marmarium in Euboea.
Etymology
The deme draws the first part of its name from the saltiness along the coast, while the second part was introduced to distinguish it from the deme of Halae Aexonides.
History
Halae was mentioned by Euripides{{cite book|author=Euripides|title=Iphigenia in Tauris|ref=Euripides|page=1451}} as close to the chain of Karystia. In this place was conserved a statue of Artemis Tauria brought from Tauris by Iphigenia and Orestes.
In the deme, expiatory rites were held which consisted of withdrawing drops of blood from the throat of a man by means of a knife; furthermore, they had midnight feasts and Pyrrhic dances.
Its port was also used by citizens of a Brauron and for the marble quarries of Karystos, near the island of Euboea, being the closest port of Attica.Strabo IX.1.22; X.1.6.
Location
The site of Halae Araphenides is located near modern Artemida, Attica (formerly, Loutsa).{{Cite DARE|31131}}{{Cite Barrington|59}}
Notes
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Bibliography
;Primary sources
- {{cite book|author=Strabo|title=Geography|ref=Strabo}} ([https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0198 here])
;Secondary sources
- {{cite book|first=Hans|last=Lohmann|title=Brill's New Pauly|chapter=Halae|url=http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/brill-s-new-pauly/halae-e501810|language=en}}
- {{SmithDGRG|title=Attica – 92 (Halae Araphenides)|url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=A.attica-geo&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0064}}
External links
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- [https://archive.today/20140802212146/http://www.ancientworlds.net/aw/Article/1269964 Halai Araphenides]
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Category:Populated places in ancient Attica
Category:Former populated places in Greece
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