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Piraeus, or Peiraeus (Πειραιεύς) is a city in Attica Department, Greece, located south of Athens. It was the port of the ancient city (see History of Athens) chosen as the modern port when Athens was re-founded in 1834. Piraeus remains a major shipping and industrial center, and is the terminus for Line 1 (the "green line"), the electric train now incorporated into the Athens Metro.

The population of the demos (municipality) of Peiraeus is 175,697 (2001). The nomarchia ( prefecture) of Peiraeus, which includes the surrounding land and some of the islands of the Saronic Gulf, has a population of 541,504 (2001). It consists of a rocky promontory, containing three natural harbours, a large one on the north-west which is an important commercial harbour for the eastern Mediterranean Sea, and two smaller ones used for naval purposes.

1 History

Themistocles was the first to urge the Athenians to take advantage of these harbours, instead of using the sandy bay of Phaleron. The fortification of Piraeus was begun in 493 BC. In 460 BC it was connected with Athens by the Long Walls. The original town of Piraeus was built by the architect Hippodamus of Miletus, probably in the time of Pericles. The promontory itself consisted of two parts, the hill of Munychia and the projection of Acte. On the opposite side of the harbour was the outwork of Eetioneia.

In 404 BCCenturies: 6th century BC 5th century BC 4th century BC Decades: 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC 420s BC 410s BC 400s BC 390s BC 380s BC 370s BC 360s BC 350s BC Years: 409 BC 408 BC 407 BC 406 BC 405 BC 404 BC 403 BC 402 BC 401 BC 400 BC 399 BC Events Athens capi Munychia was seized by ThrasybulusThrasybulus (d. 388 BC) was an Athenian general, and one of the key leaders of the democracy against the oligarchy during and after the Peloponnesian War. The first of these was the rule of the Four Hundred, established in 411 BC while the fleet was at Sa and the exiles from Phyle , who then defeated the Thirty TyrantsThe Thirty Tyrants were a pro- Spartan oligarchy installed in Athens after Athens' defeat in the Peloponnesian War in April 404 BC. Its two leading members were Tharamenes and Critias, a former acolyte of Socrates. The Thirty severely reduced the number o in Athens. The three chief arsenals of Peiraeus were Munychia, Zea and Cantharus, which contained 82, 196 and 94 ships respectively in the 4th century BC5th century BC 4th century BC 3rd century BC other centuries) ( 2nd millennium BC 1st millennium BC 1st millennium AD) Events Invasion of the Celts into Ireland Kingdom of Macedon conquers Persian empire Romans build first aqueduct Chinese use bellows Sig.

Some info originally from the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

Piraeus is also a figure in Greek mythologyGreek mythology comprises the collected legends of Greek gods and goddesses and ancient heroes and heroines, originally created and spread within an oral-poetic tradition. Our surviving sources of mythology are either transcriptions of this spoken word, o that appears in The Odyssey.



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