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EGES (Ancient city) ACHAIA
Aipsai: Eth. Aigaios, Aigeates, Aigaieus. Or Aega (Aiga), a town of
Achaia, and one of the 12 Achaean cities, was situated upon the river Crathis
and upon the coast, between Aegeira and Bura. It is mentioned by Homer, and was
celebrated in the earliest times for its worship of Poseidon. It was afterwards
deserted by its inhabitants, who removed to the neighbouring town of Aegeira;
and it had already ceased to be one of the 12 Achaean cities on the renewal of
the League in B.C. 280, its place being occupied by Ceryneia. Its name does not
occur in Polybius. All traces of Aegae have disappeared, but it probably occupied
the site of the Khan of Akrata, which is situated upon a commanding height rising
from the left bank of the river. Neither Strabo nor Pausanias mention on which
bank of the Crathis it stood, but it probably stood on the left bank, since the
right is low and often inundated.
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited May 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
A town in Achaea, with a celebrated temple of Poseidon, originally one of the twelve Achaean towns; but its inhabitants subsequently removed to Aegira.
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