Collytus or Kollytos () was a deme of ancient Attica, located in the city of Athens. It was located within the walls of Themistocles, south of the Areopagus and southwest of Acropolis. It was famed due to its association with Plato, whose family was from this deme.
Collytus or Kollytos () was a deme of ancient Attica, located in the city of Athens. It was located within the walls of Themistocles, south of the Areopagus and southwest of Acropolis. It was famed due to its association with Plato, whose family was from this deme.
== Etymology == According to legend the name of the deme comes from Collytus, the father of Diomus, the favourite of Heracles and eponym of the deme Diomeia. For this reason it was believed that Collytus's deme was part of Melite.
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