Aegimius (Greek: Αἰγίμιος) was the Greek mythological ancestor of the Dorians, who's described as their king and lawgiver at the time when they were yet in­habiting the northern parts of Thessaly. He asked Heracles for help in a war against the Lapiths and, in gratitude, offered him one-third of his kingdom. The Lapiths were conquered, but Heracles didn't take for himself the territory promised to him by Aegimius, and left it in trust to the king who… (More on Aegimius)