An Achaian 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 Korinth, Aigion, Araithyrea, Gonoessa, Helike, Hyperesia, Kleonai, Mykenai, Orneiai, Pellene, and Sikyon. Korinth is located on the isthmus between the Peloponnesian Peninsula and Attika.
Eukhenor of Korinth received a prophecy saying he could go to Troy with Agamemnon and die in battle or remain in Korinth and die of a painful illness. Eukhenor chose death on the battlefield.
The archaic name for Korinth was Ephyre.
1. The Aigialos once encompassed all the land that came to be known as Achaia.
| References: Homer, Iliad book 2, line 570; book 13, line 664 Pausanias, Description of Greece book 7.1.1 and 7.1.4 |