Ἄγρα καὶ Ἄγραι - Stephanos Ethnika

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place

Ἄγρα καὶ Ἄγραι, χωρίον, ἑνικῶς καὶ πληθυντικῶς. ἔστι δὲ τῆς Ἀττικῆς πρὸ τῆς πόλεως, ἐν ᾧ τὰ μικρὰ μυστήρια ἐπιτελεῖται, μίμημα τῶν περὶ τὸν Διόνυσον· ἐν ᾧ λέγουσι καὶ τὸν Ἡρακλέα μεμυῆσθαι.

Agra and Agrai: a locality whose name occurs in both the singular and the plural. It is in Attica, outside the city, where the Lesser Mysteries are celebrated, in imitation of the rites associated with Dionysos; they say Herakles was also initiated there.

AI translation — gpt-6-sol; Gabe v3

Text Details

Entry	#43
Greek text	meineke (current) · csv_fallback
Source id	Meineke 20.15
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-28
Word count	32
AI translation	gpt-5.5 v3 · gpt-6-sol

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Ἄγρα	Agra · place
Ἄγραι	Agrai · place
Ἀττική	Attica · place
Διόνυσος	Dionysus · deity
Ἡρακλῆς	Heracles (Hercules) · person
Ἄγρα καὶ Ἄγραι	place · place · explicit · wikidata: Q116311975 · seeded_headword_alignment

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Unclear Metalinguistic	“Agra and Agrai”: a place-name, used both in the singular and in the plural. This states the name’s number/form, but does not explain its origin.
Unclear Metalinguistic	It is in Attica, before the city, where the Lesser Mysteries are celebrated, an imitation of the rites associated with Dionysus; and there, they say, Heracles was also initiated. This describes the place and associates it with ritual tradition, but does not derive the name Agra/Agrai.

Links

Place links	Agrae \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	vol1_122.jpg
Review	Open review page

Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive REGION) formula:1040044f9f2bf616	Translate as "a X in Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	καί + X (nominative PROPER NOUN) + Y (nominative PROPER NOUN) formula:0af867b3dd6df580	Translate as "Y is also 'X'" Domain: COMPARISONS & DERIVATIONAL ANALOGIES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	χωρίον τό gloss:619c2907ea980b25	locality; point (only in μέσα χωρία: ‘halfway point’) Domain: POLITCAL/CULTURAL Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence

Herodian overlaps

Stephanos excerpt (left) is aligned with matched Herodian passages (right). Colors indicate corresponding overlap spans.

Herodian 1.265

char LCS 151 (100.0%) · word LCS 32 (100.0%)

Stephanos

Ἄγρα καὶ Ἄγραι, χωρίον, ἑνικῶς καὶ πληθυντικῶς. ἔστι δὲ τῆς Ἀττικῆς πρὸ τῆς πόλεως, ἐν ᾧ τὰ μικρὰ μυστήρια ἐπιτελεῖται, μίμημα τῶν περὶ τὸν Διόνυσον· ἐν ᾧ λέγουσι καὶ τὸν Ἡρακλέα μεμυῆσθαι.

Herodian

Ἄγρα καὶ Ἄγραι χωρίον, ἑνικῶς καὶ πληθυντικῶς. ἔστι δὲ τῆς Ἀττικῆς πρὸ τῆς πόλεως, ἐν ᾧ τὰ μικρὰ μυστήρια ἐπιτελεῖται, μίμημα τῶν περὶ τὸν Διόνυσον, ἐν ᾧ λέγουσι καὶ τὸν Ἡρακλέα μεμυῆσθαι. ἄκρα· ἔστι καὶ Ἄκρα Ἰαπυγίας πόλις κατά τινας Ὑδροῦς λεγομένη. βʹ ἔστι καὶ ἑτέρα ἐν αὑτῇ ἔχουσα λιμένα Βρεντέσιον. ἔστι δὲ Ἰταλίας. γʹ Σικελίας. ἔστι Συρακοσίων κτίσμα. δʹ Εὐβοίας. ϛʹ Σκυθίας. ζʹ Κύπρου. ηʹ Ἀκαρνανίας.…