ἄγρα

agra

hunting, the chase

Appears 10 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Laws 3
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Book I 1
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637a5
Book VII 2
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823e2
824a1
Sophist 3
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220c7
221e2
235c2
Hipparchus 1
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228e6
Lysis 1
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206a10
Phaedrus 1
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229c2
Republic 1
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Book V 1
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468a10

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἄγρα, Ion. ἄγρη, ἡ, A. hunting, the chase, (never in Il.), ἄγρην ἐφέπειν Od. 12.330; χαίρουσι δέ τʼ ἀνέρες ἄγρῃ 22.306; ἐς ἄγρας ἰέναι E. Supp. 885; ἄ. ἀνθρώπων Pl. Lg. 823e; ἁλιαδᾶν ἔχων ἀΰπνους ἄγρας S. Aj. 880 (lyr.). 2. way of catching, Pi. N. 3.81, Hdt. 2.70. II. quarry, prey, Hes. Th. 442; ἄγραν ὤλεσα A. Eu. 148 (lyr.); εὔκερως ἄ. S. Aj. 64, cf. 407 (pl.); Μελέαγρε, μελέαν γάρ ποτʼ ἀγρεύεις ἄ. E. Fr. 517; game, Hdt. 1.73, etc.; of fish, draught, take, Ev.Luc. 5.9: metaph., δορὸς ἄγρα A. Th. 322 (lyr.). III. Ἄγρα, ἡ, title of Artemis at Athens, Pl. Phdr. 229c; τὰ ἐν Ἄγρας (sc. μυστήρια) Paus. Gr.Fr. 13; τὰ πρὸς Ἄγραν IG 2.315; μήτηρ ἐν Ἄγρας ib.273:—also Ἄγραι, αἱ, the precinct of Artemis Agra, Paus. 1.19.6, St. Byz., AB 334, etc. (With ἄγρα : ἄγρια cf. θήρα : θηρία.)

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