Colonus (Attica)
ANCIENT ATHENIAN DEME
Colonus Hippius; Kolonos Hippios; Hippeios Colonus; Kolonos Hippeios; Hippius Colonus; Hippeios Kolonos; Kolonos (deme)
Colonus or Kolonos (, ) was a deme of the phyle Aegeis, of ancient Attica, celebrated as the deme of Sophocles, and the scene of one of the poet's tragedies, was situated ten stadia from the gate of the city, called Dipylum, near Plato's Academy and the river Cephissus.Cicero, de Fin.