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'''Ascra''' or '''Askre''' ({{lang-grc|Ἄσκρη|Áskrē}}) was a town in [[ancient Boeotia]] which is best known today as the home of the poet [[Hesiod]].<ref name=Gaz>W. Hazlitt (1858) ''The Classical Gazetteer'' (London), [https://books.google.com/books?id=Y1sbAAAAMAAJ&q=ascra |
'''Ascra''' or '''Askre''' ({{lang-grc|Ἄσκρη|Áskrē}}) was a town in [[ancient Boeotia]] which is best known today as the home of the poet [[Hesiod]].<ref name=Gaz>W. Hazlitt (1858) ''The Classical Gazetteer'' (London), [https://books.google.com/books?id=Y1sbAAAAMAAJ&q=ascra p. 54, s.v. Ascra].</ref> It was located upon [[Mount Helicon]], less than seven and a half miles west of [[Thespiae]].<ref name=Gaz /> 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.<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]] [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text;jsessionid=6608086C6F6B93EB4774A8CCA5723B0C?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160%3Abook%3D9%3Achapter%3D29%3Asection%3D1 9.29.1].</ref> In the ''[[Works and Days]]'', Hesiod says that his father was driven from [[Cuma (Aeolis)|Aeolian Cyme]] to Ascra by poverty, only to find himself situated in a most unpleasant town ([[Soviet Union|lines]] 639–40): |
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He settled in a miserable village near Helicon,<br>Ascra, vile in winter, painful in summer, never good. |
He settled in a miserable village near Helicon,<br />Ascra, vile in winter, painful in summer, never good. |
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The 4th century BCE astronomer [[Eudoxus of Cnidus|Eudoxus]] thought even less of Ascra's climate.<ref>[[Strabo]], ''[[Geographica]]'' [ |
The 4th century BCE astronomer and general [[Eudoxus of Cnidus|Eudoxus]] thought even less of Ascra's climate.<ref>[[Strabo]], ''[[Geographica]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text;jsessionid=6608086C6F6B93EB4774A8CCA5723B0C?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0198%3Abook%3D9%3Achapter%3D2%3Asection%3D35 9.2.35].</ref> However, other writers speak of Ascra as abounding in corn,<ref>πολυλήιος, {{cite Pausanias|9|38|4}}</ref> Corinthian hunchbacks, and wine.<ref>Zenod. ap. {{Cite Strabo|p. 413}}</ref> |
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By the time Eudoxus wrote, the town had been all but destroyed (by [[Thespiae]] sometime between 700 and 650 BCE), a loss commemorated by a similarly lost [[Hellenistic poetry|Hellenistic]] poem, which opened: "Of Ascra there isn't even a trace anymore" ({{lang|grc|Ἄσκρης μὲν οὐκέτ' ἐστὶν οὐδ' ἴχνος}}).<ref>{{Citation| last=West| first=M.L.| authorlink=Martin Litchfield West| title=Four Hellenistic First Lines Restored| journal=Classical Quarterly| year=1979| volume=29| pages=324–6| jstor=638099| doi=10.1017/s0009838800035953}}.</ref> This apparently was a hyperbole, for in the 2nd century CE, [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]] could report that a single tower, though not much else, still stood at the site.<ref>Pausanias [ |
By the time Eudoxus wrote, the town had been all but destroyed (by [[Thespiae]] sometime between 700 and 650 BCE), a loss commemorated by a similarly lost [[Hellenistic poetry|Hellenistic]] poem, which opened: "Of Ascra there isn't even a trace anymore" ({{lang|grc|Ἄσκρης μὲν οὐκέτ' ἐστὶν οὐδ' ἴχνος}}).<ref>{{Citation| last=West| first=M.L.| authorlink=Martin Litchfield West| title=Four Hellenistic First Lines Restored| journal=Classical Quarterly| year=1979| volume=29| issue=2| pages=324–6| jstor=638099| doi=10.1017/s0009838800035953| s2cid=170219390}}.</ref> This apparently was a hyperbole, for in the 2nd century CE, [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]] could report that a single tower, though not much else, still stood at the site.<ref>Pausanias [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text;jsessionid=6608086C6F6B93EB4774A8CCA5723B0C?doc=Paus.+9.29.2&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160 9.29.2].</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 16:55, 23 January 2024
Ascra or Askre (Ancient Greek: Ἄσκρη, romanized: Áskrē) was a town in ancient Boeotia which is best known today as the home of the poet Hesiod.[1] It was located upon Mount Helicon, less than seven and a half miles west of Thespiae.[1] 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.[2] In the Works and Days, Hesiod says that his father was driven from Aeolian Cyme to Ascra by poverty, only to find himself situated in a most unpleasant town (lines 639–40):
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He settled in a miserable village near Helicon, |
The 4th century BCE astronomer and general Eudoxus thought even less of Ascra's climate.[3] However, other writers speak of Ascra as abounding in corn,[4] Corinthian hunchbacks, and wine.[5]
By the time Eudoxus wrote, the town had been all but destroyed (by Thespiae sometime between 700 and 650 BCE), a loss commemorated by a similarly lost Hellenistic poem, which opened: "Of Ascra there isn't even a trace anymore" (Ἄσκρης μὲν οὐκέτ' ἐστὶν οὐδ' ἴχνος).[6] This apparently was a hyperbole, for in the 2nd century CE, Pausanias could report that a single tower, though not much else, still stood at the site.[7]
Notes[edit]
- ^ a b W. Hazlitt (1858) The Classical Gazetteer (London), p. 54, s.v. Ascra.
- ^ Pausanias 9.29.1.
- ^ Strabo, Geographica 9.2.35.
- ^ πολυλήιος, Pausanias (1918). "38.4". Description of Greece. Vol. 9. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.
- ^ Zenod. ap. Strabo. Geographica. Vol. p. 413. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
- ^ West, M.L. (1979), "Four Hellenistic First Lines Restored", Classical Quarterly, 29 (2): 324–6, doi:10.1017/s0009838800035953, JSTOR 638099, S2CID 170219390.
- ^ Pausanias 9.29.2.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Ascra". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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