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37-661: Since the 1920s the Greek government planned for a regeneration of the Riviera but the political instability did not allow it. In 1954, Kathimerini newspaper published an article arguing that Glyfada and Voula could become more popular than the French Riviera in the coming years. In 1957, the plan for the development of the Athens Riviera started with the creation of Asteria in Glyfada and

74-434: A demarchos who supervised its affairs; various other civil, religious, and military functionaries existed in various demes. Demes held their own religious festivals and collected and spent revenue. Demes were combined within the same area to make trittyes , larger population groups, which in turn were combined to form the ten tribes, or phylai of Athens. Each tribe contained one trittys from each of three regions:

111-508: A newspaper of record ". It was later considered a newspaper of record. Alafouzos died in 2017 and was succeeded by his son Themistoklis Alafouzos. Kathimerini ' s daily edition circulation figures are unavailable since the newspaper has prohibited press agencies from releasing such data. Its Sunday edition had a circulation of 95,007 in January 2014. Kathimerini is published by Nees Kathimerines Ekdoseis Single Member S.A. and

148-509: A deme and a new deme, Apollonieis, was created in honour of Apollonis, wife of Attalus I of Pergamum. As a consequence there were again 12 tribes and 600 members of the Boule. From this period onward, quotas were no longer assigned to the demes for the 50 Boule members from each tribe The last modification was the creation in 126/127 of XV. Hadrianis , named after the Emperor Hadrian , following

185-537: A demos. A new village was created and named Berenikidai after Ptolemy's wife Berenice II of Egypt . In 201/200 BC the Macedonian Phylae were dissolved and the villages (except the two given to Ptolemais) went back to their original tribes. In the spring of 200 BC Tribe XIV. Attalis , named after Attalus I , was created following the same scheme used for the creation of the Egyptian Phyle: each tribe contributed

222-678: A long period of decline which lasted for fifteen centuries. During the Byzantine period the harbor of Piraeus was occasionally used for the Byzantine fleet, but it was very far from the capital city of Constantinople . In Vouliagmeni ruins of the Temple of Apollo Zoster have been excavated and can be viewed inside the public Astir Hotel beach. According to legend, when Leto was about to give birth to Apollo and Artemis , she fled writhing in pain to Delos . Other remnants of early human habitation found in

259-441: A spiral of decline to turn it into one of the country's leading dailies, both in terms of circulation and its influence on economic developments, with an international reputation. Throughout his life, Aristeidis Alafouzos entered the challenging businesses of construction, shipping and publishing and emerged champion in all three. In October 1995, Kathimerini was assessed as Greece's "nearest equivalant [ sic ] to

296-428: A wide range of leading magazines, including Vogue Greece with Conde Nast International and publications for The Walt Disney Company Greece. Considered a high-quality broadsheet, Kathimerini began as hard-line conservative, today however identifies with a broad range of the political spectrum, from traditional liberalism to the main conservative right, while covering the positions and hosting analyses from all

333-665: Is set to develop the area of the former Athens airport in Elliniko in the coming years. Work began on the Hellenikon Metropolitan Park in July 2020. It aims to build and operate a casino along with luxury hotels and conference and recreation facilities on the disused airport, as a way to further boost investments in Greece and attract more visitors in the Athens Riviera. It is estimated that around 10 billion euros will be invested in

370-655: The Athens plague were recorded in Piraeus. In 404 BC, the Spartan fleet under Lysander blockaded Piraeus and subsequently, Athens surrendered to the Spartans, putting an end to the Delian League and the war itself. After the reinstatement of democracy , Conon rebuilt the walls in 393 BC, founded the temple of Aphrodite Euploia and the sanctuary of Zeus Sotiros and Athena , and built

407-491: The Boule , created with 400 members under Solon , so that it had 500 members, 50 from each tribe, each deme having a fixed quota. The ten tribes were named after legendary heroes and came to have an official order: In 307/306 – 224/223 BC the system was reorganized with the creation of two Macedonian Phylai (XI. Antigonis and XII. Demetrias ), named after Demetrius I of Macedon and Antigonus I Monophthalmus , and an increase in

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444-592: The Hellenic National Meteorological Service . Anavyssos is the driest area in the Attica peninsula and in the Athens Riviera with around 300 mm of annual precipitation. Kathimerini Kathimerini ( Greek : Η Καθημερινή, [i.kaθimeriˈni] ; lit.   ' The Daily ' ) is a daily, political and financial morning newspaper published in Piraeus , Athens . Its first edition

481-443: The 6th century BC and earlier, but did not acquire particular significance until the reforms of Cleisthenes in 508 BC. In those reforms, enrollment in the citizen-lists of a deme became the requirement for citizenship; prior to that time, citizenship had been based on membership in a phratry , or family group. At this same time, demes were established in the main city of Athens itself, where they had not previously existed; in all, at

518-549: The 6th century. Its architecture was unusual inasmuch as it had a colonnade on the southern and eastern, but not on the western or northern sides, a peculiarity mentioned by Vitruvius . According to the Greek National Tourism Organisation the main areas of the Athens Riviera are: the Bay of Zea , Flisvos Marina , Glyfada , Voula , Vouliagmeni , Lagonisi , Varkiza , Anavyssos and Sounio . Greece

555-574: The Athenian organization: there were tribes for the population of 1. Arcadia , 2. Achaea , 3. Elis , 4. Boeotia , 5. Delphi , 6. Dorians , 7. Ionians , 8. population of Euboea , 9. the islands and 10. Athenians. The term "deme" ( dēmos ) survived into the Hellenistic and Roman eras. By the time of the Byzantine Empire , the term was used to refer to one of the four chariot racing factions,

592-483: The Elliniko and Athens Riviera development and regeneration. The regeneration projects put a stop to the property price slump compared to other areas of Athens and estate agents (mostly from China and Turkey ) are very active in areas around the Athens Riviera. According to Bloomberg, the Athens Riviera can help Greece's tourism industry by almost doubling the tourism revenue that will be achieved by further development of

629-431: The Riviera include Neolithic and Bronze Age building foundations, and a 5th-century BC outpost. In ancient times, Glyfada was a deme known as Aixone ( Αἰξωνή ). Today, Glyfada is packed with some of the capital's best-known nightclubs, upscale restaurants, and shops. It could be argued to be one of the most "Americanized" of Athenian municipalities since an American airbase was located in nearby Elliniko until

666-426: The Riviera. It is estimated that the regeneration projects will attract many professionals such as chefs, receptionists, and various hospitality experts. Furthermore, there are plans to develop luxury facilities that will integrate elements of Greek culture in and around the area of Elliniko in the coming years, however not many details are currently known about the exact structure of the project that will take place in

703-567: The area started gradually to become popular among the Athenians also through the help of Greek cinema. Plans to erect the highest building in Greece which will be called the Athens Riviera Tower are currently underway. Piraeus has been inhabited since the 26th century BC . In ancient Greece , Piraeus assumed its importance with its three deep-water harbours, the main port of Cantharus and

740-435: The city, the coast, and the inland area. Cleisthenes divided the landscape in three zones—urban ( asty ), coastal ( paralia ) and inland ( mesogeia )—and the 139 demes were organized into 30 groups called trittyes ("thirds"), ten for each of the zones and into ten tribes, or phylai , each composed of three trittyes , one from the coast, one from the city, and one from the inland area. Cleisthenes also reorganized

777-419: The data provided by the Hellenic National Meteorological Service , Elliniko which is located in the Riviera, has a marginal hot semi-arid climate ( BSh ) bordering a Mediterranean climate ( Csa ). Piraeus , Athens' port-city, is the only area in continental Greece that clearly falls into the hot semi-arid climate ( Köppen climate classification : BSh ) category according to the climate atlas published by

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814-465: The early 1990s. The Temple of Poseidon at Sounion was built during 444–440 BC, is one of the major monuments of the Golden Age of Athens. It is perched above the sea at a height of almost 60 meters. The Sounion Kouros , discovered in 1906 in a pit east of the temple alongside fragments of other statues, was probably one of a number of votive statues dedicated to Poseidon which probably stood in front of

851-514: The end of Cleisthenes' reforms, Athens was divided into 139 demes. Three other demes were created subsequently: Berenikidai (224/223 BC), Apollonieis (201/200 BC), and Antinoeis (AD 126/127). The establishment of demes as the fundamental units of the state weakened the gene , or aristocratic family groups, that had dominated the phratries. A deme functioned to some degree as a polis in miniature, and indeed some demes, such as Eleusis and Acharnae , were in fact significant towns. Each deme had

888-502: The famous Skeuotheke (arsenal) of Philon, the ruins of which have been discovered at Zea harbour. The reconstruction of Piraeus went on during the period of Alexander the Great , but this revival of the town was quashed by Roman Lucius Cornelius Sulla , who captured and totally destroyed Piraeus in 86 BC. The destruction was completed in 395 AD by the Goths under Alaric I . Piraeus was led to

925-519: The famous grid plan of architect Hippodamus of Miletus , known as the Hippodamian plan, and the main agora of the city was named after him in honour. As a result, Piraeus flourished and became a port of high security and great commercial activity, and a city bustling with life. During the Peloponnesian War , Piraeus suffered its first setback. In the second year of the war, the first cases of

962-517: The first and the second periods. More precisely in: As regards the last two periods, the material illustrates the complete collapse of the quota-system from 201/200 BC. Some deme lists suggest extensions to the list of 139+3 Demes by adding 43 additional names, some of which have been considered by scholars as Attic demes. The criticism performed by John S. Traill shows that 24 are the result of error, ancient or modern, or of misinterpretation and 19 are well known chiefly from inscriptions of

999-430: The god's sanctuary. The archaic temple was probably destroyed in 480 BC by Persian troops during Xerxes I's invasion of Greece . After they defeated Xerxes in the naval Battle of Salamis , the Athenians placed an entire captured enemy trireme (warship with three banks of oars) at Sounion as a trophy dedicated to Poseidon. The temple of Athena Sounias at Sounion was built in 470 BC, replacing an older building of

1036-407: The main political parties and opinions from columnists with different points of view. Defunct Kathimerini is a newspaper title with over 100 years of history. It was founded by Georgios Vlachos, a prominent antivenizelist, in 1919 and was later inherited by his daughter Helen Vlachos (Eléni Vláchou) and her husband, retired submarine commander Constantine Loundras. Kathimerini

1073-407: The membership of the Boule to 600. Each of the ten tribes, except Aiantis, provided three demes (not necessarily one for trittyes); the missing contribution of Aiantis was covered by two demes of Leontis and one from Aigeis. The Egyptian Phyle XIII. Ptolemais , named after Ptolemy III Euergetes was created in 224/223 BC and the Boule was again increased to 650 members, the twelve tribes giving each

1110-506: The next few years. The Athens Riviera enjoys a mild climate throughout the year with a mean annual temperature of up to 19.4 °C (66.9 °F) locally. It is considered the warmest area in continental Europe. Under the Köppen climate classification , Athens Riviera has a hot semi-arid climate ( BSh ) and lies in the transition zone between this climate and the hot-summer Mediterranean climate ( Csa ) of downtown Athens . According to

1147-459: The same scheme: each tribe contributed a deme and a new deme, Antinoeis , was created in honour of Hadrian's favourite, Antinous . Each tribe contributed 40 members to the Boule. In the first three periods there it a more detailed system of fixed quotas which essentially remained unchanged. There is no evidence for a single general reapportionment of quotas within each of the first three periods, while there are evident small quota-variations between

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1184-421: The second and third centuries AD, i.e. in the fifth period, and thus for political purposes they were originally dependent on legitimate Cleisthenic demes. There were six pairs of homonymous demes: There were six divided demes, one composed of three parts: When the city was settled under the support of Pericles and the command of Lampon and Xenocritus the population was organized in ten tribes, following

1221-521: The three harbours of Piraeus and created the neosoikoi (ship houses); the Themistoclean Walls were completed in 471 BC, turning Piraeus into a great military and commercial harbour. The city's fortification was farther reinforced later by the construction of the Long Walls under Cimon and Pericles , with which secure port's (Piraeus) route to Athens main city. Meanwhile, Piraeus was rebuilt to

1258-407: The two smaller of Zea and Munichia, and gradually replaced the older and shallow Phaleron harbour , which fell into disuse. In 493 BC, Themistocles initiated the fortification works in Piraeus and later advised the Athenians to take advantage of its natural harbours' strategic potential instead of using the sandy bay of Phaleron. After the second Persian invasion of Greece , Themistocles fortified

1295-523: Was previously listed on the Athens Stock Exchange but it was delisted in December 2015. [REDACTED] Media related to Kathimerini at Wikimedia Commons Deme In Ancient Greece , a deme or demos ( Ancient Greek : δῆμος , plural: demoi , δήμοι) was a suburb or a subdivision of Athens and other city-states. Demes as simple subdivisions of land in the countryside existed in

1332-493: Was printed on 15 September 1919. Kathimerini is considered a newspaper of record and the leading right-wing newspaper in Greece, with the highest circulation and a strong digital presence. It is published in Greek and has an English edition, both print and digital . Kathimerini English Edition is published in Greece and Cyprus along with the New York Times International . Kathimerini also produces

1369-532: Was traditionally perceived as one of the main conservative voices of Greek media. The newspaper was highly critical of Eleftherios Venizelos in the early 20th century, and also opposed Georgios Papandreou in the postwar years. It maintains a traditional layout, with its original griffin logo, and incorporates printed supplements in its Sunday edition . Eleni Vlachou sold the company shortly before her death to George Koskotas . Aristeidis Alafouzos , bought Kathimerini newspaper in 1988, pulling it out of

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