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|Full diacritics=Φάληρον
|Medium diacritics=Φάληρον
|Low diacritics=Φάληρον
|Capitals=ΦΑΛΗΡΟΝ
|Transliteration A=Phálēron
|Transliteration B=Phalēron
|Transliteration C=Faliron
|Beta Code=&#42;fa/lhron
|Definition=τό, [[Phalerum]], the [[western]] [[harbour]] of [[Athens]], Hdt. 5.63, etc.; [[Φαληροῖ]] [[at Phalerum]], X. ''Eq. Mag.'' 3.1, Plu. ''Thes.'' 17; [[Φαληρόθεν]] [[from Phalerum]], Pl. ''Smp.'' 172a; [[Φαληρόνδε]] [[to Phalerum]], Th. 1.107.
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|lstext='''Φάληρον''': [ᾱ], τό, ἀρχαιότατος λιμὴν τῶν Ἀθηνῶν, νῦν ὀνομάζεται Παλαιὸν [[Φάληρον]], καὶ [[δῆμος]] τῆς Αἰαντίδος φυλῆς, Ἡσύχ. καὶ Ἐπιγραφ., ἴδε Böckh. C. I. 1. 309, ἀλλὰ κατὰ τὸν Ἁρποκρ. «[[δῆμος]] τῆς Ἀντιοχίδος»·- Φαληροῖ, ἐν Φαλήρῳ, Ξεν. Ἱππαρχ. 3. 1, Πλουτ. Θεμ. 17. Φαληρόθεν, ἐκ Φαλήρου, Πλάτ. Συμπ. 172Α· Φαληρόνδε, εἰς [[Φάληρον]], Θουκ. 1. 107· ― Φαληρεύς, έως, ὁ, [[κάτοικος]] τοῦ Φαλήρου, Ἡρόδ. 3. 63, κλπ.· θηλ. Φαληρίς, ίδος, Στέφ. Βυζ. ― Ἐπίθ. Φαληρικός, ή, όν, Ἀριστοφ. Ἀχ. 901, κ. ἀλλ. ― Περὶ τῆς θέσεως τοῦ Ἀρχαίου Φαλήρου, ἴδε Ἐνρ. Οὐλερίχ. ἐν τῷ περιοδικῷ «Ἐρανιστῇ» τ. 1. τοῦ βϳ ἔτους, σ. 432, κἑξ., ἴδε καὶ πραγματείαν Γ. Ζαννέτου ἐν τῷ περιοδικῷ «Ἀπόλλωνι».
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|btext=ου (τό) :<br />Phalère, <i>port d’Athènes et dème attique de la tribu Æantide {Antiochide}</i>.<br />'''Étymologie:''' DELG v. [[φαλός]].
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|lsmtext='''Φάληρον:''' [ᾰ], τό, Φάληρο, το δυτικό [[λιμάνι]] της Αθήνας· [[Φαληροῖ]], στο Φάληρο, σε Ξεν.· [[Φαληρόθεν]], από το Φάληρο, σε Πλάτ.· [[Φαληρόνδε]], στο Φάληρο, σε Θουκ.· [[Φαληρεύς]], <i>-έως</i>, <i>ὁ</i>, [[κάτοικος]] του Φαλήρου (Φαληρέας), σε Ηρόδ.· επίθ. [[Φαληρικός]], <i>-ή</i>, <i>-όν</i>, σε Αριστοφ.
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|elrutext='''Φάληρον:''' (ᾰ) τό Фалер<b class="num">1)</b> старый афинский порт Her.;<br /><b class="num">2)</b> дем в атт. филе [[Αἰαντίς]] Thuc. etc.
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==Wikipedia EN==
Phalerum or Phaleron (Ancient Greek: Φάληρον (Phálēron), [pʰálɛːron]; Greek: Φάληρο (Fáliro), [ˈFaliro]) was a port of Ancient Athens, 5 km southwest of the Acropolis of Athens, on a bay of the Saronic Gulf. The bay is also referred to as Bay of Phalerum (Greek: Όρμος Φαλήρου Órmos Falíru).

The area of Phalerum is now occupied by the towns Palaio Faliro, Kallithea, Moschato and Neo Faliro, all of which are part of the Athens agglomeration.

Phalerum was the major port of Athens before Themistocles had the three rocky natural harbours by the promontory of Piraeus developed as alternative, from 491 BC. It was said that Menestheus set sail with his fleet to Troy from Phalerum, as so did Theseus when he sailed to Crete after the death of Androgeus.

Recently, archaeologists have uncovered what appear to be traces of ancient Athens's first port before the city’s naval and shipping centre was moved to Piraeus. The site, some 350 m from the modern coastline, contained pottery, tracks from the carts that would have served the port, and makeshift fireplaces where travelers waiting to take ship would have cooked and kept warm.

The Park of Maritime Tradition, a collection of preserved historic ships, is located at the site. At the southern tip is the permanent anchorage of the armored cruiser HS Averof (now a floating museum), which was the admiralty ship of the Hellenic Navy during the Balkan Wars and World War I. Other museum ships include the Hellenic Navy destroyer HS Velos (D16), the old cable ship Thalis o Milisios (Thales of Miletos) and Olympias, a modern reconstruction of an ancient trireme naval ship.