English: View of Piraeus from the archaeological site of the ancient Deme of Melite. According to the information board: "The deme of Melite was one of the most populous and important demes of the city of Athens, where such distinguished politicians, generals, and philosophers as Themistocles, Miltiades, Cimon, Alcibiades, Epicurus, and others had their houses. It extended south and southwest of the Ancient Agora and had a commanding position on the rock slope of the Hills of Kolonos Agoraios, the Nymphs, and the Pnyx, with a view of the Acropolis, the endless olive groves and the sea and with immediate contact with such political centres as the Athenian Agora and the Pnyx."