Aigeis

Aigeis (Ancient Greek: Αἰγηΐς, romanized: Aigēis) was a tribe (phyle) of Ancient Athens which contained twenty demes: Lower and Upper Ankyle, Araphen, Bate, Diomeia, Erchia, Erikeia, Gargettos, Halae Araphenides, Hestiaia, Ikarion, Ionidai, Kollytos, Kolonos, Kydantidai, Myrrhinoutta, Otryne, Phegaia, Philaidai, Plotheia. It was named for the legendary king Aegeus.^[1]

Map of ancient Attica. Trittyes belonging to the phyle of Aigeis are numbered "2" and shaded blue. Unusually, the entire territory of the Aigeis was a single contiguous area.

The quota of demes for Aigeis showed the greatest variety of all the phyles during the first and second periods (343–253 BC) of bouleutic government.^[2]

Of the deme Ankylē, an individual is known, Polystratos, who owned land within that deme.^[3]

An individual named Hagnias II had an estate within the deme Araphen.^[4]

At the time of the publication of a source published during 1851, the location of Bate was unknown.^[5]

Erchia, Ikarion, Phegaia were some of the larger demes of the tribe.^[2]

References

1. Bradley Hudson McLean (2002). An Introduction to Greek Epigraphy of the Hellenistic and Roman Periods from Alexander the Great Down to the Reign of Constantine (323 B.C.-A.D. 337). University of Michigan Press, 2002 reprint (516 pages). ISBN 0472112384. Retrieved 2015-05-29.
2. J.S. Traill. The Political Organization of Attica: A Study of the Demes, Trittyes, and Phylai, and Their Representation in the Athenian Council, Volumes 14-16. ASCSA, 1975 (134 pages) Volume 14 of Hesperia (Princeton, N.J.) Monographs (Archaeological Institute of America). ISBN 0876615140. Retrieved 2015-05-29.
3. E. Cohen (10 January 2009). The Athenian Nation (p.125). Princeton University Press, 10 Jan 2009 (reprint) 272 pages. ISBN 978-1400824663. Retrieved 2015-05-30.
4. C.A. Cox (14 July 2014). Household Interests: Property, Marriage Strategies, and Family Dynamics in Ancient Athens (p.9). Princeton University Press, 14 Jul 2014 (304 pages) Princeton Legacy Library. ISBN 978-1400864690. Retrieved 2015-05-30.(ed. additional sources on Hagnias and descendants (Bouselos) - Molly Broadbent - Studies in Greek Genealogy, D.G. Rice, J.E Stambaugh - Source for the Study of Greek Religion: Corrected Edition, E.M. Harris - The Rule of Law in Action in Democratic Athens
5. George Grote - History of Greece, Volume 3 (p.94) John Murray, 1851 [Retrieved 2015-05-29]