Aegae or Aigai (Αιγές, Ancient, Polytonic: Αἰγαὶ) was an ancient settlement in Achaea located northwest of modern Aigeira.
Founded by the Pelasgian settleres and following the history of all of ancient Achaea, the Ionians invaded and settled the area and after the Lacedaemonian Achaea. As it was mentioned by Pausanias[1] the settlement was built after Boura and next to the Krathis river. The village featured the temple of Hera and Gaea. Its name came from Gaea (Gaea of Gaius, meaning Mother Earth). Aegae was also mentioned by Homer in the The Odyssey[2]. In Book 5, line 398, it is said that Poseidon returned to a home at Aigai after lashing out at Odysseys at sea (Fitzgerald translation). It made its own currency, unnotedly was a member of the Ionian decapolis.
When Pausanias visited the area, it was for many years abandoned and ruined from 281 BC.
The location of the ancient city has been founded and excavated near Aigeira.[3]