Pagai
Coordinates: 38 ° 5 ′ 0.5 ″ N , 23 ° 11 ′ 17.8 ″ E
Pagai or Pagae, Greek Παγαί , was an ancient city in the Greek countryside of Megaris . The place was on the coast of the Gulf of Corinth .
Athens occupied 461 BC Chr. Pagai in order to gain a maritime base of operations in the Corinthian Gulf. The peace treaty between Athens and Sparta in 446 BC. The city came under the influence of Megara . From 193 BC As an independent city, Pagai was a member of the Achaean League . The place was only abandoned in Turkish times.
When Pausanias visited Pagai on his journey through Greece, he was shown a remarkable portrait of Artemis Soteira.
According to some sources of Greek mythology , Pagai was considered the hometown of Tereus .
Remnants of the city walls can now be found near the village of Alepochóri.
literature
- Ernst Meyer : Pagai. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XVIII, 2, Stuttgart 1942, Col. 2283-2286.
- Ernst Meyer : Pagai. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 4, Stuttgart 1972, Col. 404.