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Headword: *)akrai/fnion
Adler number: alpha,975
Translated headword: Akraiphnion, Acraephnium
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
Name of a city.
Greek Original:
*)akrai/fnion: o)/noma po/lews.
Note:
In Boiotia/Boeotia, central Greece; a.k.a. (and more authentically) Akraiphia/Acraephia. Modern Kharditsa (until recently; changed back to ancient Akraifnion). See Perseus Encyclopedia entry at web address 1, Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites at web address 2.
Reference:
M.H. Hansen, "An inventory of Boiotian poleis in the archaic and classical periods", in Acts of the Copenhagen Polis Centre vol.3 (Copenhagen 1996) 73-116, at 78-79
Associated internet addresses:
Web address 1,
Web address 2
Keywords: definition; geography
Translated by: Oliver Phillips ✝ on 30 April 2000@16:29:40.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (added bibliography; cosmetics) on 9 October 2000@08:55:47.
David Whitehead (cosmetics) on 27 March 2006@05:01:59.
David Whitehead (tweaks) on 1 August 2011@10:56:36.
Catharine Roth (augmented note) on 28 April 2012@23:48:47.
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