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 ''symphyle ...

) of

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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 Classical Athens, Athens and other city-states. Demes as simple subdivisions of land in the countryside seem to have existed in the 6th ...

s. The phyle comprised twenty demes named

Lower Lower may refer to: *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, Araphen, Bate, Diomeia,

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 Athenian Boule, but eleven delegates after 307/6 BCE. Accordi ...

Erikeia Ericea or Erikeia ( grc, Ἐρίκεια) was a deme of ancient Attica, located near the modern Kypseli. The name of the deme probably derives from the erica plant, which grew abundantly in the hilly territory of the area. References Pop ...

, Gargettos, Halai, Hestiaia,

Ikarion Icaria or Ikaria ( grc, Ἰκαρία), also known as Icarium or Ikarion (Ἰκάριον), was a deme of ancient Attica. It holds pride of place due to its prominence in Greek mythology as the place where Icarius received Dionysus, who taught h ...

Ionidai Ionidae or Ionidai () was a deme in 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 and Upper Ankyle, Araphen, Bate, Diomeia, Erc ...

Kollytos Collytus or Kollytos ( grc, Κολλυτός) was a deme of ancient Attica, located in the city of Athens. It was located within the walls of Themistocles, south of the Areopagus and southwest of Acropolis. It was famed due to its association with ...

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 Kol ...

Kydantidai Cydantidae or Kydantidai () was a deme in ancient Attica, originally of the ''phyle'' of Aegeis, after 224/3 BCE of the ''phyle'' of Ptolemais, sending one or two delegates to the Athenian Boule. This deme, along with that of Ionidae, vene ...

, Myrrhinoutta, Otryne, Phegaia, Philaidai,

Plotheia Plotheia ( grc, Πλώθεια) was a deme of ancient Attica and appears to have belonged to the district of Epacria Epacria or Epakria () was one of the twelve districts of ancient Attica, and subsequently, as appears from an inscription, a deme ...

. 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
/ref> 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 Be ...

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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