A rugged area of the Ionian Islands.
During the Trojan War, King Odysseus of Ithaka commanded the Akhaian soldiers from Aigilips, the Ionian Islands, and adjacent mainland shores. The Robert Fitzgerald translation characterized Aigilips as "the rocky isle." The Robert Fagles and Loeb Classical Library translations used the adjective "rugged" without classifying Aigilips as an island. The Robert Fagles index adds, "Aegilips: city or vicinity..." The Richmond Lattimore index refers to Aigilips a "city or locality." In what appears to be an editing oversite, Professor Lattimore described Aigilips as "rigged," whereas "rugged" seems more appropriate. The Historical Atlas by William R. Shepherd (1911) locates Aigilips as shown on this map but puts a question mark after the name.
| References: Homer, Iliad book 2, line 633 |