36°47′11″N 22°30′46″E / 36.786285°N 22.512906°E Aegiae or Aigiai ( Ancient Greek: Αἰγίαι) [1] or Aegaeae or Aigaiai (Αἱγαῖαι) [2] was a town of ancient Laconia, at the distance of 30 stadia from Gythium, supposed by Strabo to be the same as the Homeric Augeiae [3] It possessed a temple and lake of Poseidon.
References
- ^ Pausanias (1918). "21.5". Description of Greece. Vol. 3. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.
- ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. p. 364. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
- ^ Αν̓γελαί, Homer. Iliad. Vol. 2.583.
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