Aigeis
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thumb|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.]] 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.
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thumb|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.]] 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.