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Graea or
Graia (Ancient Gr****: Γραῖα, romanized: Graîa) was a city on the
coast of
Boeotia in
ancient Greece. Its site is
located near
modern Dramesi...
- In Gr**** mythology, the
Graeae (/ˈɡriːiː/;
Ancient Gr****: Γραῖαι Graiai, lit. 'old women',
alternatively spelled Graiai), also
called the Grey Sisters...
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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...
- (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-Gr**** grau-j-, "old...
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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...
- 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...
- 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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founded by
colonists from Eretria; it was
either located in or
identical with
Graea. In
ancient times, it was a
border city
between Boeotia and Attica, and...
- 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...
- 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...
