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Ascra
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. In the Works and Days, Hesiod...
10 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Ascra bifida
speciesAscra bifida
Ascra conspersa
speciesAscra conspersa
Ascra championi
speciesAscra championi
Ascra cordifera
speciesAscra cordifera
Ascra florida
speciesAscra florida
Ascra abdita
speciesAscra abdita
Ascra vluteum
speciesAscra vluteum
Ascra morbosa
speciesAscra morbosa
Ascra petersii
speciesAscra petersii
Ascra privata
speciesAscra privata
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 636394.