Aigeis () 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. It was named for the legendary king Aegeus.
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 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
At the time of the publication of a source published during 1851, the location of Bate was unknown.George Grote - History of Greece, Volume 3 (p.94) John Murray, 1851 [Retrieved 2015-05-29]
Erchia, Ikarion, Phegaia were some of the larger demes of the tribe.
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