A city in the domain of Agamemnon.
During the Trojan War, Agamemnon, commander-in-chief of the Achaian army, mustered troops from throughout the Aigialos,1 including the cities of Kleonai, Aigion, Araithyrea, Gonoessa, Helike, Hyperesia, Korinth, Mykenai, Orneiai, Pellene, and Sikyon.
1. The Aigialos once encompassed all the land that came to be known as Achaia.
References: Homer, Iliad book 2, line 570 Pausanias, Description of Greece book 7.1.1 and 7.1.4 |