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Aigeis was a tribe (
phyle ) of
Ancient Athens which contained twenty
demes .
The phyle 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 .
[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
^ 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 .
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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 .
^ 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 .
^ 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
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George Grote -
History of Greece, Volume 3 (p.94) John Murray, 1851 [Retrieved 2015-05-29]