Aigeis Explained

Aigeis 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]

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.

Of the deme Ankylē, an individual is known, Polystratos, who owned land within that deme.^[2]

An individual named Hagnias II had an estate within the deme Araphen.^[3]

At the time of the publication of a source published during 1851, the location of Bate was unknown.^[4]

Erchia, Ikarion, Phegaia were some of the larger demes of the tribe.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Book: 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). Bradley Hudson McLean. 2002. University of Michigan Press, 2002 reprint (516 pages) . 0472112384. 2015-05-29.
2. Book: The Athenian Nation (p.125). E. Cohen. 10 January 2009. Princeton University Press, 10 Jan 2009 (reprint) 272 pages . 978-1400824663. 2015-05-30.
3. Book: Household Interests: Property, Marriage Strategies, and Family Dynamics in Ancient Athens (p.9). C.A. Cox. 14 July 2014. Princeton University Press, 14 Jul 2014 (304 pages) Princeton Legacy Library . 978-1400864690. 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
4. [George Grote]
5. Book: The Political Organization of Attica: A Study of the Demes, Trittyes, and Phylai, and Their Representation in the Athenian Council, Volumes 14-16. J.S. Traill . ASCSA, 1975 (134 pages) Volume 14 of Hesperia (Princeton, N.J.) Monographs (Archaeological Institute of America). 2015-05-29. 0876615140.