Anaphlystus
Ἀνάφλυστος
Anaphlystus (Ἀνάφλυστος: Eth. Ἀναφλύστιος: Anáuyso), a demus of Attica, belonging to the tribe Antiochis, on the W. coast of Attica, opposite the island of Eleussa, and a little N. of the promontory of Sunium. It was a place of some importance. Xenophon recommended the erection of a fortress here for the protection of the mines of Sunium. (Hdt. 4.99; Scylax, p. 21; Xen. de Vectig. 4 § 43; Strab. p. 398; Leake, Demi, p. 59.)
From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.