Ancient village of Attica, Greece, now an area in central Athens. The ancient Greek dramatist Sophocles (5th century BC) was born here, and immortalized the village in his play ...
In classical Greece Hippeios Colonus (Greek: Ίππειος Κολωνός, Colonus of the Horses) was a deme about 1 km (1 mile) to the northwest of Athens, near Plato's Academy.