Augeiae

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography

AUGEIAE(Αὐγειαί: Etth. Αὐγεάτης).

1. A town of Locris Epicnemidia, near Scarpheia, mentioned by Homer, but which had disappeared in the time of Strabo. (Hom. Il. 2.532; Strab. 9. p. 426; Steph. B. s. v.)


2. A town of Laconia, mentioned by Homer (Hom. Il. 2.583), probably the same as the later Aegiae. [AEGIAE]