Phyle - Monument Hill of the Muses

(Local Name: Phiópappos) Phyle, like Panakton (on the old road from Athens to Thebes) and Dekeleia (near present-day Tatói, on the east side of Mount Párnis), was one of a ring of frontier fortresses built in the fourth century B.C. to protect Attica against attack from the Megarid and Boeotia to the west. The road from Athens runs via Anó Liossía to the village of Filí (terminus of bus) and continues northwest past the Moní ton Klistón (4km/2.25mi). 6km/4mi beyond the monastery, at the end of the asphalted road, the fortress of Phyle can be seen on the left.

Phyle stands in a rugged mountain setting on a rectangular plateau (alt. 638m - 2,241ft), commanding the pass which carried the old road from Athens