Augeiae or Augeiai (Ancient Greek: Αὐγειαί)[1] was a town of ancient Laconia, mentioned by Homer in the Catalogue of Ships in the Iliad,[2] Strabo says the town was the same as the later Aegiae.[3] Pausanias agrees with Strabo in that the name of the city had changed, but with a small variation, since he calls it "Aegias", which he places at thirty stadia from Gythium and situates in it a lagoon with a temple and a statue of Poseidon. There was a superstition that those who caught fish from the lagoon would become fishermen.[4]

If Augeiae is colocated with Aegiae, it is at 36°47′11″N 22°30′46″E / 36.786285°N 22.512906°E / 36.786285; 22.512906.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
  2. ↑ Homer. Iliad. Vol. 2.583.
  3. ↑ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. 8.5.3. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  4. ↑ Pausanias (1918). "21.5". Description of Greece. Vol. 3. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.6.
  5. ↑ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Augeiae". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.


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