Aegelus or Aigelos ( grc, Αἴγηλος) was an ancient ''
deme
In Ancient Greece, a deme or ( grc, δῆμος, plural: demoi, δημοι) was a suburb or a subdivision of Athens and other city-states. Demes as simple subdivisions of land in the countryside seem to have existed in the 6th century BC and ear ...
'' on the island of
Cos. Its capital was
Antimachia Antimachia ( grc, Ἀντιμαχία) was a town of ancient Greece on the island of Cos. Antimachia was the capital of the ''demoi
In Ancient Greece, a deme or ( grc, δῆμος, plural: demoi, δημοι) was a suburb or a subdivision of Ath ...
.
[W. R. Paton and E. L. Hicks The Inscriptions of Cos nr. 393 & 394; ]
References
Populated places in the ancient Aegean islands
Former populated places in Greece
Kos
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