Lusia (Attica)

Lusia or Lousia (Ancient Greek: Λουσία) was a deme of ancient Attica, of the phyle , sending one delegate to the Athenian Boule. Stephanus of Byzantium notes it was named after an heroine named Lusia, a daughter of Hyacinthus the Lacedaemonian. The deme is attested in inscriptions; one a funerary inscription of a townsperson, another describing the deme's contributions to construction of the Eleusinion. The site of Lousia is in the Kephisos valley, west of modern Athens.

Lusia (Attica)

Lusia or Lousia (Ancient Greek: Λουσία) was a deme of ancient Attica, of the phyle , sending one delegate to the Athenian Boule. Stephanus of Byzantium notes it was named after an heroine named Lusia, a daughter of Hyacinthus the Lacedaemonian. The deme is attested in inscriptions; one a funerary inscription of a townsperson, another describing the deme's contributions to construction of the Eleusinion. The site of Lousia is in the Kephisos valley, west of modern Athens.