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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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