Aigeis was a tribe (
phyle
''Phyle'' ( gr, φυλή, phulē, "tribe, clan"; pl. ''phylai'', φυλαί; derived from ancient Greek φύεσθαι "to descend, to originate") is an ancient Greek term for tribe or clan. Members of the same ''phyle'' were known as ''symphylet ...
) of
Ancient Athens
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which contained twenty
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 ...
s.
The phyle comprised twenty demes named
Lower
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*Lower (surname)
*Lower Township, New Jersey
*Lower Receiver (firearms)
*Lower Wick Gloucestershire, England
See also
*Nizhny
Nizhny (russian: Ни́жний; masculine), Nizhnyaya (; feminine), or Nizhneye (russian: Ни́ ...
and
Upper Ankyle Upper Ancyle or Ankyle Kathyperthen ( grc, Ἀγκυλή καθύπερθεν) was the name of a deme of ancient Attica. It was located east of ancient Athens, Athens and bordering Agryle to the south. Upper Ancyle passed from the ''phyle'' Aigeis t ...
,
Araphen
Araphen ( grc, Ἀραφήν, Araphén) was the name of a deme of ancient Athens, situated on the eastern coast to the north of Brauron and Halae Araphenides, on the west of the current village of Rafina, located near the mouth of the river of t ...
,
Bate,
Diomeia Diomea or Diomeia ( grc, Διόμεια) was a deme of ancient Attica, located in the city of Athens, both within and outside the walls of Themistocles, in interior portion included the eastern sector of the city, and the external portion contained ...
,
Erchia
Erchia or Erkhia ( grc, Ἐρχία; also spelled Ἔρχεια and Ἑρχιά) was a deme of ancient Attica, of the ''phyle'' of Aegeis, sending six or seven delegates to the Boule (ancient Greece), Athenian Boule, but eleven delegates after 307/ ...
,
Erikeia,
Gargettos, Halai,
Hestiaia,
Ikarion,
Ionidai,
Kollytos,
Kolonos
Kolonos (, ) is a densely populated working-class district of the Municipality of Athens. It is named after the ancient deme, Hippeios Colonus.
The district hosts a multi-year football club, Attikos F.C., that was founded in 1919.
History
Kolo ...
,
Kydantidai,
Myrrhinoutta,
Otryne Otryne ( grc, Ὀτρύνη) was a deme of ancient Attica, of the ''phyle'' of Aegeis Aigeis was a tribe (phyle) of Ancient Athens which contained twenty demes.
The phyle comprised twenty demes named Lower Ankyle, Lower and Upper Ankyle, Araphen, ...
,
Phegaia,
Philaidai Philaidae or Philaidai ( grc, Φιλαΐδαι) was a deme of ancient Attica, which appears to have been near Brauron, since it is said to have derived its name from Philaeus, the son of the Telamonian Ajax, who dwelt in Brauron. Philaïdae was th ...
,
Plotheia
Plotheia ( grc, Πλώθεια) was a deme of ancient Attica and appears to have belonged to the district of Epacria, and to have been not far from Halae Araphenides
Halae Araphenides or Halai Araphenides ( grc, Ἁλαὶ Ἀραφηνίδε ...
.
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.
An individual named Hagnias II had an estate within the deme Araphen.
[(ed. additional sources on Hagnias and descendants (Bouselos) ]
Molly Broadbent - Studies in Greek GenealogyD.G. Rice, J.E Stambaugh - Source for the Study of Greek Religion: Corrected EditionE.M. Harris - The Rule of Law in Action in Democratic Athens
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At the time of the publication of a source published during 1851, the location of Bate was unknown.George Grote
George Grote (; 17 November 1794 – 18 June 1871) was an English political radical and classical historian. He is now best known for his major work, the voluminous ''History of Greece''.
Early life
George Grote was born at Clay Hill near B ...
History of Greece, Volume 3 (p.94)
John Murray, 1851 etrieved 2015-05-29/ref>
Erchia, Ikarion, Phegaia were some of the larger demes of the tribe.
References
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Tribes of ancient Attica