Αncient Ascra

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Ascra (Ancient Greek: Ἄσκρη, Áskrē) was an ancient town in Boeotia which is best known today as the home of the poet Hesiod.It was located upon Mount Helicon, five miles west of Thespiae.According to a lost poetic Atthis by one Hegesinous, a maiden by the name of Ascra lay with Poseidon and bore a son Oeoclus who, together with the Aloadae, founded the town named for his mother
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Coordinates:   38°19'6"N   23°5'47"E
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