Aegium
a town in ancient Achaea, on the Gulf of Corinth: the Achaean League met here.
Historical Examples
Thus died Aratus at Aegium, when holding the office of general of the league for the seventeenth time.
Plutarch’s Lives, Volume IV Aubrey Stewart
Then, still with the sea before us, we are at Aegium, a name full of memories of ancient Greece.
As Seen By Me Lilian Bell
Not that I believe them, any more than I believe that Aegium story, about your being a changeling.
The Works of Lucian of Samosata, v. 4 Lucian of Samosata
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