Ascra — Hesiod's village in Boeotia
Ancient Greek word, found 15 times in the texts on Socratos.
Hesiod, Works and Days 640: Ἄσκρῃ, χεῖμα κακῇ, θέρει ἀργαλέῃ, οὐδέ ποτʼ ἐσθλῇ.
Moschus, Epitaphius Bios 87: Ἄσκρα μὲν γοάει σε πολὺ πλέον Ἡσιόδοιο·
Strabo, Geography 9.2.25: … αὶ ὁ Ἑλικών· ἐπίνειον δʼ ἔχουσιν αἱ Θεσπιαὶ Κρέουσαν, ἣν καὶ Κρεουσίδα καλοῦσιν. ἐν δὲ τῇ Θεσπιέων ἐστὶ καὶ ἡ Ἄσκρη κατὰ τὸ πρὸς Ἑλικῶνα μέρος, ἡ τοῦ Ἡσιόδου πατρίς· ἐν δεξιᾷ γάρ ἐστι τοῦ Ἑλικῶνος, ἐφʼ ὑψηλοῦ καὶ τραχέος τόπο …