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[[File:L'Attique après Clisthene.jpg|thumb|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.]]
'''Aigeis''' is the tribe name of a phyle of Ancient Greece who as a tribal group inhabited a number of demes of the area of Greece known as Attica.
'''Aigeis''' ({{Lang-grc|Αἰγηΐς|Aigēis}}) was a tribe ([[phyle]]) of [[Ancient Athens]] which contained twenty [[deme]]s: [[Lower Ankyle|Lower]] and [[Upper Ankyle]], [[Araphen]], [[Bate (Attica)|Bate]], [[Diomeia]], [[Erchia (deme)|Erchia]], [[Erikeia]], [[Gargettos]], [[Halae Araphenides]], [[Hestiaea (Attica)|Hestiaia]], [[Ikarion]], [[Ionidai]], [[Kollytos]], [[Kolonos (deme)|Kolonos]], [[Kydantidai]], [[Myrrhinoutta]], [[Otryne]], [[Phegaea (Aigeis)|Phegaia]], [[Philaidai]], [[Plotheia]]. It was named for the legendary king [[Aegeus]].<ref name="Bradley Hudson McLean">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x2AD3M77TgMC&dq=Aigeis&pg=PA98|author=Bradley Hudson McLean|title=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)|year=2002|publisher=University of Michigan Press, 2002 reprint (516 pages) |isbn=0472112384|accessdate=2015-05-29}}</ref>


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.<ref name="J.S. Traill "/>
The phyle was comprised twenty demes named Lower and Upper Ankyle, Araphen, Bate, Diomeia, Erchia, Erikeia, Gargettos, Halai, Hestiaia, Ikarion, Ionidai, Kollytos, Kolonos, Kydantidai, Myrrhinoutta, Otryne, Phegaia, Philaidai, Plotheia. <ref name="Bradley Hudson McLean">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=x2AD3M77TgMC&pg=PA98&dq=Aigeis&hl=en&sa=X&ei=DStoVej9GIX_ULWVgfgG&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Aigeis&f=false|author=Bradley Hudson McLean|title=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)|publisher=University of Michigan Press, 2002 reprint (516 pages) ISBN 0472112384|accessdate=2015-05-29}}</ref>


Erchia, Ikarion, Phegaia were some of the larger demes of the group. <ref name="J.S. Traill ">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vfdkHffQXl4C&pg=PA7&dq=Aigeis&hl=en&sa=X&ei=tTBoVZahGoH9UtvCgPAJ&ved=0CEsQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=Aigeis&f=false|author=J.S. Traill |title=The Political Organization of Attica: A Study of the Demes, Trittyes, and Phylai, and Their Representation in the Athenian Council, Volumes 14-16|publisher=ASCSA, 1975 ISBN 0876615140 (134 pages) ''Volume 14 of Hesperia (Princeton, N.J.)'' Monographs (Archaeological Institute of America)|accessdate=2015-05-29}}</ref>
Of the deme Ankylē, an individual is known, Polystratos, who owned land within that deme.<ref name="E. Cohen">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-i27D4LBwVUC&pg=PA125 |author=E. Cohen|title=The Athenian Nation (p.125)|date=10 January 2009|publisher=Princeton University Press, 10 Jan 2009 (reprint) 272 pages |isbn=978-1400824663| accessdate=2015-05-30}}</ref>


An individual named Hagnias II had an estate within the deme Araphen.<ref name="C.A. Cox">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iFMABAAAQBAJ&pg=PA9|author=C.A. Cox|title=Household Interests: Property, Marriage Strategies, and Family Dynamics in Ancient Athens (p.9)|date=14 July 2014|publisher=Princeton University Press, 14 Jul 2014 (304 pages) Princeton Legacy Library |isbn=978-1400864690|accessdate=2015-05-30}}(ed. additional sources on Hagnias and descendants (Bouselos) - [https://books.google.com/books?id=AMkUAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA100 Molly Broadbent - Studies in Greek Genealogy],[https://books.google.com/books?id=fkwkgUEZjrkC&dq=Bouselos&pg=PA169 D.G. Rice, J.E Stambaugh - Source for the Study of Greek Religion: Corrected Edition],[https://books.google.com/books?id=adLiAAAAQBAJ&dq=Hagnias+II&pg=PA197 E.M. Harris - The Rule of Law in Action in Democratic Athens]</ref>
The quota of demes for Aigeis showed the greatest variety of all the phyles during the first and second periods (343 - 253 B.C.) of bouleutic government. <ref name="J.S. Traill "/>


At the time of the publication of an source published during 1851, the location of Bate was unknown. <ref>[[George Grote]] - [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=6DdoAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA94&dq=deme+Bate&hl=en&sa=X&ei=S-FoVarQOcO4Ub_pgbgL&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=deme%20Bate&f=false History of Greece, Volume 3 (p.94)] John Murray, 1851 [Retrieved 2015-05-29]</ref>
At the time of the publication of a source published during 1851, the location of Bate was unknown.<ref>[[George Grote]] - [https://books.google.com/books?id=6DdoAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA94 History of Greece, Volume 3 (p.94)] John Murray, 1851 [Retrieved 2015-05-29]</ref>


Erchia, Ikarion, Phegaia were some of the larger demes of the tribe.<ref name="J.S. Traill ">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vfdkHffQXl4C&pg=PA7|author=J.S. Traill |title=The Political Organization of Attica: A Study of the Demes, Trittyes, and Phylai, and Their Representation in the Athenian Council, Volumes 14-16|publisher=ASCSA, 1975 (134 pages) Volume 14 of Hesperia (Princeton, N.J.) Monographs (Archaeological Institute of America)|accessdate=2015-05-29|isbn=0876615140}}</ref>


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[[Category:Tribes of ancient Attica]]
[[Category:Ancient tribes in Attica]]

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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.

Aigeis (Ancient Greek: Αἰγηΐς, romanizedAigēis) 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.[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

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  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. ^ a b 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]