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Ascra

Southern Europe

Ascra, also spelled Askre, was a town in ancient Boeotia, Greece, best known as the home of the poet Hesiod. It stood on Mount Helicon, less than seven and a half miles west of Thespiae.

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Latitude
38.318333 degrees north 1
Longitude
23.096389 degrees east 1
Sources
1. Ascra (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
Quote, P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 38.318333, longitude 23.096389
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Wikidata: Ascra
Wikidata Q936920, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Ascra (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Southern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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