Aigeis

Aigeis (Ancient Greek: Αἰγηΐς, romanized: Aigēis) 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.

[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.

[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.

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.