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Aegium

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[ee-jee-uhm] / ˈi dʒi əm /

noun

  1. a town in ancient Achaea, on the Gulf of Corinth: the Achaean League met here.


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This body met for three days in spring and autumn at Aegium to discuss the league's policy and elect the federal magistrates.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

DAMOPHON, a Greek sculptor of Messene, who executed many statues for the people of Messene, Megalopolis, Aegium and other cities of Peloponnesus.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" by Various

The consul, with Titus Quinctius, crossed over thence to Aegium, to confer with the council of the Achaeans about the Eleans, and also the restoration of the Lacedaemonian exiles.

From The History of Rome, Books 27 to 36 by Livius, Titus

Then, still with the sea before us, we are at Aegium, a name full of memories of ancient Greece.

From As Seen By Me by Bell, Lilian

Cato brought over the Corinthians, those of Patrae and of Aegium, and spent a good deal of time at Athens.

From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Clough, Arthur Hugh

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