Ascra
Ascra, ae, f., = Ἄσκρα. A village in Bœotia, near Mount Helicon, the birthplace of Hesiod, Ov. P. 4, 14, 31.—Hence, As-craeus, a, um, adj., = Ἀσκραῖος. Ascrœan: nemus, Prop. 2, 13, 4: poëta, i. e. Hesiod, id. 2, 34, 77: senex, the same, Verg. E. 6, 70.—Also subst.: Ascraeus, i, m., Hesiod, Ov. Am. 1, 15, 11.— Of or pertaining to Hesiod: carmen, i. e. rural, Verg. G. 2, 176; Col. 10, 436: boves, which Hesiod pastured, Ov. F. 6, 14.— Of Helicon, Heliconian: fontes, Prop. 2, 10, 25.
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Ascra, ae, f., = Ἄσκρα. A village in Bœotia, near Mount Helicon, the birthplace of Hesiod, Ov. P. 4, 14, 31.—Hence, As-craeus, a, um, adj., = Ἀσκραῖος. Ascrœan: nemus, Prop. 2, 13, 4: poëta, i. e. Hesiod, id. 2, 34, 77: senex, the same, Verg. E. 6, 70.—Also subst.: Ascraeus, i, m., Hesiod, Ov. Am. 1, 15, 11.— Of or pertaining to Hesiod: carmen, i. e. rural, Verg. G. 2, 176; Col. 10, 436: boves, which Hesiod pastured, Ov. F. 6, 14.— Of Helicon, Heliconian: fontes, Prop. 2, 10, 25.
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