Paralia (Attica)
The Paralia was a geographical and administrative region of ancient Attica.
The term designated the coasts of Attica, but was also generally used for the entire portion of Attica east of Mount Hymettus.
The term acquired a technical meaning with the reforms of Cleisthenes in, when each of the ten Attic tribes was made to territory from comprise three zones, urban, interior and coastal. In the Classical period, the paralia comprised about 40 settlements.
