Graea or Graia (Ancient Greek: Γραῖα, romanized: Graîa) was a city on the coast of Boeotia in ancient Greece. Its site is located near modern Dramesi...
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Tanagra with the Homeric Graea; but others supposed them to be distinct places, and Aristotle regarded Oropus as the ancient Graea. Pausanias mentions in...
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(1850–1920) derives the name from Graikos, "inhabitant of Graea, a town on the coast of Boeotia. The name Graea (γραῖα) is derived from Proto-Greek grau-j-, "old...
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a whole. It is possible that their name is derived from the toponym of Graea (Γραία), a city in Boeotia identical with Tanagra according to Pausanias...
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also notable for the ancient oracular shrine of Trophonius at Lebadea. Graea, an ancient city in Boeotia, is sometimes thought to be the origin of the...
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have been made an Attic deme under the name of Graea (ἡ Γραῖα). In Homer Oropus does not occur, but Graea is mentioned among the Boeotian towns; and this...
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refer to the following divinities: Deino, also called Persis, one of the Graea who were daughters of the sea-deities Phorcys and Ceto. Her sisters were...
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Proto-Indo-European root *ǵerh₂-, "to grow old", more specifically from Graea (ancient city), said by Aristotle to be the oldest in Greece, and the source...
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collectively came to be known as Graeci in Latin, after the Graecians. Graea Names of the Greeks Gantz, p. 167; Hesiod, Catalogue of Women fr. 2 Most...
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