T HE FIRST STEP in the creation of classical Athens was the Synoi- kismos, or union, of the small regions of Attika into a single state.The evidence for the manner and period in which this was accomplished is by no means great.Yet most students of the early period of Athenian history have agreed that the Synoikismos was not a single act, but rather a series of acts, probably stretching over several centuries.1 The number of steps needed to accomplish the union varies in the mind of each historian, but almost all conclude that the final step was the incorporation of Eleusis into the Athenian state.M. Cary, writing in the Cambridge Ancient History, places the ending of Eleusinian independence in the early eighth century B.C. 2 G. de Sanctis, V. Ehrenberg and C. Hignett conclude that a date ca.700 B.C. best fits the facts.3 K.J. Beloch, F. Noack, S. Solders, Allen, Halliday and Sikes, E
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