Historical place profile
Agrai
Agrai was a district of ancient Athens located south of the Ilissos River. Pausanias describes the temple of Artemis Agrotera as being located there. It was also the site of the Lesser Mysteries of Eleusis.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:579846
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:579846
- Place type
- settlement
- Coordinates
- 37.965297, 23.742903
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Agrai was a district of ancient Athens located south of the Ilissos River. Pausanias describes the temple of Artemis Agrotera as being located there. It was also the site of the Lesser Mysteries of Eleusis.
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 59 B3 Agrai
Source and reuse
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Research path
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