AGRA
AGRA (
Ἄγρα Ἀραβίας,
Ptol. 6.7.5;
Steph. B. sub voce Ἰάθρισσα,
Ἔγρα), a small district of Arabia Felix, situated at the foot of Mount Hippus, on the eastern coast of the Red Sea, in lat. 29 1/2 N. (
Akra). Iathrippa or Lathrippa seems to have been its principal town.
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