See also:

• DECELEA (Gr. DeeeXeta); an Attic deme, on the pass which led over the east end of Mt. Parnes towards Oropus and Chalcis. From its position it has a commanding view over the Athenian plain. Its eponymous %; ro, Decelus, was said to have indicated to the Ty

DECELEA (Gr. DeeeXeta); an See also:

• ATTIC (i.e. "in the Attic style ")

Attic deme, on the pass which led over the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east end of Mt. Parnes towards See also:

• OROPUS

Oropus and See also:

• CHALCIS

Chalcis. From its position it has a commanding view over the Athenian See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain. Its See also:

• EPONYMOUS

eponymous %; ro, Decelus, was said to have indicated to the Ty  ndaridae, See also:

• CASTOR

Castor and See also:

• POLLUX, JULIUS
• POLLUX, or POLLUCITE

Pollux, the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place where See also:

• THESEUS

Theseus had hidden their See also:

• SISTER

sister See also:

• HELEN

Helen at Aphidnae; and hence there was a traditional friendship between the Deceleans and the Spartans (See also:

• HERODOTUS (c. 484-425 B.C.)

Herodotus ix . 73) . This tradition, together with the See also:

• ADVICE (Fr. avis, from Lat. ad, to, and visum, viewed)

advice of See also:

• ALCIBIADES (c. 450-404 B.c.)

Alcibiades, led the Spartans to fortify See also:

• DECELEA (Gr. DeeeXeta); an Attic deme, on the pass which led over the east end of Mt. Parnes towards Oropus and Chalcis. From its position it has a commanding view over the Athenian plain. Its eponymous %; ro, Decelus, was said to have indicated to the Ty

Decelea as a basis for permanent occupation in See also:

• ATTICA

Attica during the later years of the Peloponnesian See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War, from 413–404 B.C . Its position enabled them to harass the Athenians constantly, and to See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form a centre for fugitive slaves and other deserters . The royal See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace of Tatoi has been built on the site . See PELOPONNESIAN WAR ; also Judeich in Pauly-Wissowa, Realencyclopadie .