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# Juliette Armanet

Juliette Anne Solange Armanet (French pronunciation:; born 4 March 1984) is a French singer and songwriter.
She won the Album Révélation of the Year in 2018 at the Victoires de la Musique for "Petite amie".

## Discography
### Studio albums

| Year | Album | Charts | Charts | Charts | Certification |
| Year | Album | FRA | BEL (Wa) | SWI | Certification |
| 2017 | Petite amie Released: 7 April 2017 Label: Barclay | 15 | 29 | 63 | SNEP: Double Platinum |
| 2021 | Brûler le feu Released: 19 November 2021 Label: Romance Musique | 10 | 22 | 21 | SNEP: Platinum |
| 2022 | Brûler le feu 2 Released: 4 November 2022 Label: Romance Musique | — | 18 | — | |

### EPs

| Year | EP |
| 2016 | Cavalier seule Released: 29 April 2016 Label: Barclay |

### Singles

| Year | Title | Charts | Charts | Certification | Album |
| Year | Title | FRA | BEL (Wa) | Certification | Album |
| 2014 | "L'amour en solitaire" | 146 | — | SNEP: Gold | Petite amie |
| 2016 | "Manque d'amour" | — | — | | Cavalier seule and Petite amie |
| 2018 | "L'Indien" | — | — | SNEP: Gold | Petite amie |
| 2018 | "À la folie" | — | — | SNEP: Gold | Petite amie |
| 2021 | "Le dernier jour du disco" | 42 | 48 | SNEP: Platinum | Brûler le feu |
| 2021 | "L'Èpine" | — | — | | Brûler le feu |
| 2021 | "Qu'importe" | — | — | | Brûler le feu |

### Other charted songs

| Year | Title | Charts | Album |
| Year | Title | FRA | Album |
| 2016 | "Corail" (Julien Doré featuring Juliette Armanet) | 143 | & |
# 2017 US Open – Wheelchair men's doubles

Defending champion Gordon Reid and his partner Alfie Hewett defeated the other two-time defending champion Stéphane Houdet and his partner Nicolas Peifer in the final, 7–5, 6–4 to win the men's doubles wheelchair tennis title at the 2017 US Open.
There was no edition of the event in 2016 due to a scheduling conflict with the 2016 Summer Paralympics.

## Seeds

* Stéphane Houdet / Nicolas Peifer (final)
* Alfie Hewett / Gordon Reid (champions)

## Draw
### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Stéphane Houdet Nicolas Peifer | 6 | 5 | [10] | | | | |
| | Joachim Gérard Stefan Olsson | 3 | 7 | [8] | | | | |
| | Joachim Gérard Stefan Olsson | 3 | 7 | [8] | 1 | Stéphane Houdet Nicolas Peifer | 5 | 4 |
| | | | | | 2 | Alfie Hewett Gordon Reid | 7 | 6 |
| | Gustavo Fernández Shingo Kunieda | 3 | 2 | | 2 | Alfie Hewett Gordon Reid | 7 | 6 |
| 2 | Alfie Hewett Gordon Reid | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
# 2017 US Open – Wheelchair women's singles

Yui Kamiji defeated Diede de Groot in the final, 7–5, 6–2 to win the women's singles wheelchair tennis title at the 2017 US Open. It was the first of seven consecutive years where Kamiji and de Groot would meet in the final, and as of 2023 the final remains de Groot's only singles defeat at the US Open.
Jordanne Whiley was the reigning champion from when the event was last held in 2015, but did not participate this year due to pregnancy. The event was not held in 2016 due to a schedule conflict with the 2016 Summer Paralympics.

## Seeds

* Yui Kamiji (champion)
* Diede de Groot (final)

## Draw
### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Draw

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Yui Kamiji | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Lucy Shuker | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Lucy Shuker | 1 | 0 | 1 | Yui Kamiji | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | Aniek van Koot | 4 | 6 | 2 | | | | |
| | Aniek van Koot | 6 | 6 | | Aniek van Koot | 4 | 6 | 2 | | | | |
| | Kgothatso Montjane | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Kgothatso Montjane | 4 | 2 | | | | | | 1 | Yui Kamiji | 7 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | 2 | Diede de Groot | 5 | 2 |
| | Marjolein Buis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Diede de Groot | 5 | 2 |
| WC | Dana Mathewson | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Dana Mathewson | 2 | 3 | | Marjolein Buis | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
| | | | | 2 | Diede de Groot | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Sabine Ellerbrock | 2 | 4 | 2 | Diede de Groot | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 2 | Diede de Groot | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
# Rebeca de Souza

Rebeca de Souza Silva (born 11 March 2001) is a Brazilian Paralympic judoka. She represented Brazil at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.

## Career

Souza competed at the 2023 Parapan American Games and won a bronze medal in the +70 kg event.
Souza represented Brazil at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and won a gold medal in the +70 kg J2 event.
# Boguszyn, Środa Wielkopolska County

Boguszyn is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nowe Miasto nad Wartą, within Środa Wielkopolska County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) south-west of Nowe Miasto nad Wartą, 20 km (12 mi) south of Środa Wielkopolska, and 48 km (30 mi) south-east of the regional capital Poznań.
# Tim Jeffery

Tim Jeffery (born 9 April 1996) is a British Paralympic shooter. He won the bronze medal in the R9 Mixed 50 metre rifle prone SH2 event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France. He also competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan.
In 2015, he qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics at the IPC Shooting World Cup event held in Sydney, Australia.
# 2018 US Open – Wheelchair women's doubles

Defending champion Diede de Groot and her partner Yui Kamiji defeated the other defending champion Marjolein Buis and her partner Aniek van Koot in the final, 6–3, 6–4 to win the women's doubles wheelchair tennis title at the 2018 US Open. With the win, Kamiji completed the double career Grand Slam.

## Seeds

* Diede de Groot / Yui Kamiji (champions)
* Marjolein Buis / Aniek van Koot (final)

## Draw
### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Diede de Groot Yui Kamiji | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Sabine Ellerbrock Lucy Shuker | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| | Sabine Ellerbrock Lucy Shuker | 0 | 0 | 1 | Diede de Groot Yui Kamiji | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | 2 | Marjolein Buis Aniek van Koot | 3 | 4 |
| | Dana Mathewson Kgothatso Montjane | 1 | 1 | 2 | Marjolein Buis Aniek van Koot | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | Marjolein Buis Aniek van Koot | 6 | 6 | | | | |
# Bojanice, Gniezno County

Bojanice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kłecko, within Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) south-east of Kłecko, 10 km (6 mi) north-west of Gniezno, and 47 km (29 mi) north-east of the regional capital Poznań.

## History

As part of the region of Greater Poland, i.e. the cradle of the Polish state, the area formed part of Poland since its establishment in the 10th century. Bojanice was a private village of Polish nobility, administratively located in the Gniezno County in the Kalisz Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland. It was annexed by Prussia in the Second Partition of Poland in 1793. It was regained by Poles in 1807 and included within the short-lived Duchy of Warsaw, and after the duchy's dissolution in 1815, it was reannexed by Prussia, and was also part of Germany from 1871. Following World War I, Poland regained independence and control of the village.
Poles from Bojanice were among the victims of a massacre perpetrated by German troops in nearby Zdziechowa on 10 September 1939, during the invasion of Poland which started World War II (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).
# Carlia ailanpalai

Carlia ailanpalai is a species of skink, commonly known as the curious skink, in the genus Carlia. It is native to Papua New Guinea. It has been introduced to Weno Island and Guam.
# Gerrit Wormgoor

Gerrit Hendrik Wormgoor (29 July 1940) is a former water polo player from the Netherlands, who finished in eighth position with the Dutch Men's Team at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
# Rubén Selman

Rubén Marcos Selmán Albornoz (25 July 1963 – 10 February 2020) was an association football referee from Chile.

## Refereeing career

Selman was born in Santiago, and started refereeing in his twenties at games featured in the minor Chilean divisions. In the 1990s he started in the Primera División de Chile. In 1998, he received his FIFA badge and appeared in CONMEBOL tournaments. He officiated matches in the Copa Libertadores, Copa Mercosur, Copa Sudamericana, international friendlies and South American World Cup qualifiers.
During his career the directors of Colo-Colo were adamant in processing a formal complaint with the domestic club organization Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Chile. The directors felt that the institution was being persecuted by Selman after a series of ejections. This followed after player Jorge Valdivia stated that Selman threatened with throwing him out of the game, which he eventually did. According to Selman, Valdivia was red carded after receiving two consecutive yellow cards. The first for a foul and the second after Valdivia ran up to a television camera. Valdivia had gone up to the camera and declared that Selman had threatened him with expulsion.
Ruben Selman's final match was in the home leg of the Chilean club championship game between Colo-Colo and Palestino. He ended his profession by red carding two Palestino players and ejecting Palestino's manager from the match.

## Media career

In 2014 he performed as a football commentator for the TV program Fox Sports Radio from Fox Sports Chile. Previously he had worked for Canal del Fútbol (CDF). He also performed as a show business commentator for the TV program Secreto a voces (Open secret) from Mega.

## Political career

In 2016, Selman was a candidate to councillor for Quinta Normal as a Independent Democratic Union representative.
# Screen Award for Best Story

The winners of the Star Screen Awards for Best Story are listed below:

## List of winners

| Year | Writer/s | Film |
| 1995 | K.K. Singh | Krantiveer |
| 1996 | Ashok Kaul | Param Vir Chakra |
| 1997 | Gulzar | Maachis |
| 1998 | Kamal Haasan | Virasat |
| 1999 | Mahesh Bhatt | Zakhm |
| 2000 | John Matthew Matthan | Sarfarosh |
| 2001 | Mahesh Manjrekar | Astitva |
| 2002 | Madhur Bhandarkar | Chandni Bar |
| 2003 | Meghna Gulzar | Filhaal |
| 2004 | Amrita Pritam | Pinjar |
| 2005 | Aditya Chopra | Veer-Zaara |
| 2006 | Nagesh Kukunoor | Iqbal |
| 2007 | Rajkumar Hirani & Abhijat Joshi | Lage Raho Munnabhai |
| 2008 | Amol Gupte | Taare Zameen Par |
| 2009 | Neeraj Pandey | A Wednesday! |
| 2010 | Imtiaz Ali | Love Aaj Kal |
| 2011 | Amit Rai | Road to Sangam |
| 2012 | Akshat Verma | Delhi Belly |
| 2013 | Sujoy Ghosh & Advaita Kala | Kahaani |
| 2014 | Mohan Sikka | B.A. Pass |
| 2015 | Rajat Kapoor | Ankhon Dekhi |
| 2016 | V. Vijayendra Prasad | Bajrangi Bhaijaan |
| 2017 | Saiwyn Quadras | Neerja |
| 2018 | | |
| 2019 | Arijit Biswas & Sriram Raghavan | Andhadhun |
# 2020 US Open – Wheelchair men's doubles

Three-time defending champions Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid defeated Stéphane Houdet and Nicolas Peifer in a rematch of the 2018 final, 6–4, 6–1 to win the men's doubles wheelchair tennis title at the 2020 US Open.

## Seeds

* Alfie Hewett / Gordon Reid (champions)
* Stéphane Houdet / Nicolas Peifer (final)

## Draw
### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Alfie Hewett Gordon Reid | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Gustavo Fernández Shingo Kunieda | 3 | 3 | | | | |
| | Gustavo Fernández Shingo Kunieda | 3 | 3 | 1 | Alfie Hewett Gordon Reid | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | 2 | Stéphane Houdet Nicolas Peifer | 4 | 1 |
| | Joachim Gérard Casey Ratzlaff | 2 | 1 | 2 | Stéphane Houdet Nicolas Peifer | 4 | 1 |
| 2 | Stéphane Houdet Nicolas Peifer | 6 | 6 | | | | |
# Tokimeite

"Tokimeite" (ときめいて, lit. "Crush") is the 11th single by Japanese entertainer Hikaru Nishida. Written by Takashi Matsumoto and Kyōhei Tsutsumi, the single was released on August 7, 1991, by Pony Canyon.

## Background and release

As Nishida had gone through three years without a hit song, her music director Kazuhiro Nagaoka had Matsumoto and Tsutsumi compose a song for her, as the duo's collaborative efforts resulted in the early success of Miho Nakayama. "Tokimeite" was used as the theme song of the TBS drama series Depart! Natsu Monogatari (デパート!夏物語, Depāto! Natsu Monogatari, Depart! Summer Story).
"Tokimeite" peaked at No. 7 on Oricon's weekly singles chart, becoming Nishida's first and only top-10 single. The single also earned her a performance on the 42nd Kōhaku Uta Gassen in 1991, marking her debut on NHK's New Year's Eve special.

## Charts

| Chart (1991) | Peak position |
| Oricon Weekly Singles Chart | 7 |
# Josée Chouinard

Josée Chouinard (born August 21, 1969) is a Canadian former competitive figure skater. She is the 1996 Champions Series Final bronze medallist and a three-time Canadian national champion (1991, 1993–1994). She finished in the top ten at two Winter Olympics.

## Personal life

Chouinard was born in Montreal, Quebec. In August 1997, she married Canadian pair skater Jean-Michel Bombardier. Their twins, Fiona and Noah, were born in January 2005. She and her husband separated c. 2006.

## Career

Chouinard began skating following the 1976 Winter Olympics, which she saw on television.
She won silver at the 1988 Nebelhorn Trophy, gold at the 1989 Karl Schäfer Memorial, and gold at the 1990 Skate Canada International. After taking her first national title, in January 1991, she was assigned to the 1991 World Championships in Munich, Germany. Ranked 8th in the short program and 5th in the free skate, she would finish 6th overall at her first ISU Championship. Subsequently, she won the Canadian figure skating championships in 1993 and 1994.
Chouinard finished as high as 5th at the World Championships (1992 and 1994). She competed at the 1992 and 1994 Winter Olympics, finishing 9th on both occasions.
Chouinard began her coaching career in 1992, in Laval, Quebec. She later coached at the Granite Club in Toronto, Ontario (from 2002 to 2017) and at the Richmond Training Centre in Richmond Hill, Ontario.

## Results

GP: Champions Series (Grand Prix)
International :
| Event | 88–89 | 89–90 | 90–91 | 91–92 | 92–93 | 93–94 | 95–96 |
| Olympics | | | | 9th | | 9th | |
| Worlds | | | 6th | 5th | 9th | 5th | |
| GP Final | | | | | | | 3rd |
| GP France | | | | | | | 1st |
| GP Skate Canada | | | | | | | 3rd |
| Nations Cup | | | | 8th | | 4th | |
| Nebelhorn Trophy | 2nd | | | | | | |
| NHK Trophy | | | 4th | | 9th | | |
| Piruetten | | | | | | 2nd | |
| Schäfer Memorial | | 1st | | | | | |
| Skate America | 11th | | | 9th | | | |
| Skate Canada | | | 1st | | 3rd | | |
| National |||||||||
| Canadian Champ. | | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd |
| WD = Withdrew |||||||||
Chouinard also won gold at the 2000 Sears Canadian Open.
# Carlia fusca

Carlia fusca, the brown four-fingered skink or Indonesian brown skink, is a species of skink in the genus Carlia. It is endemic to Halmahera in Indonesia and Bismarck Archipelago in Papua New Guinea
# FM Circini

FM Circini, also known as Nova Circini 2018, was a nova which appeared in the constellation Circinus (near the boarder with Musca) in 2018. It was discovered by John Search of Chatsworth Island, New South Wales, Australia on 19.708 January 2018, using a DSLR with a 50 mm F/1.2 lens. At the time of its discovery, it had an apparent visual magnitude of 9.1. It was confirmed to be a nova spectroscopically on 21 January 2018. FM Circini reached a peak brightness of magnitude 5.8 on 22 March 2018, making it visible to the naked eye.
FM Circini's outburst and decline from peak brightness was observed by the Gaia spacecraft, the All Sky Automated Survey for SuperNovae and AAVSO observers. The nova rose slowly to peak brightness, and then fluctuated between magnitude ~6.5 and ~8.5 for about three months, before beginning a nearly monotonic decline. It took 150 days for FM Circini to fade from peak brightness by 2 magnitudes, which makes it a "slow" nova in the classification scheme of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin.
The orbital period of FM Circini is 3.4898 days. The lightcurve shows modulations in the tail (after the eruption).
# Jewish outreach

Jewish outreach (Hebrew: קירוב ליהדות) is a term sometimes used to translate the Hebrew word kiruv or keruv (literally, "to draw close" or "in-reach"). Normative Judaism very strongly discourages seeking converts to Judaism from other religions, although all denominations do accept those who follow through their conversion with a sincere commitment. Outreach efforts are instead directed at Jews who have "gone astray", or who have been born Jewish in a non-observant family.

## Background and contemporary views

The idea of "Jewish outreach" has mixed support among Jews; some are against the concept, while others share a vision of a more accessible and inclusive Jewish community.
In the United States, a country with a mostly non-Orthodox or unaffiliated Jewish population and a 50% intermarriage rate, some Jewish federations and educational organizations provide an extensive range of offerings to the intermarried, to those who are marginally engaged with Jewish life, and to those who haven’t had any involvement in Judaism since attending Hebrew school or right after their bar mitzvah. "Chabad Lubavitch" was the first Orthodox Jewish organization in the United States to promote outreach means of recruiting unobservant Jews who commit to living an observant lifestyle.
Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz wrote that "outreach should enrich lives and society by making the Torah’s wisdom more broadly available. Further, outreach is not only about “one’s own” and we must bring people of different religions together in mutual understanding and respect by engaging in deep interfaith dialogue.
Rabbi Levi Brackman said, "with the high rate of assimilation and intermarriage in the West, I cannot imagine that there could be too many outreach workers in the field. The day that happens will be a blessed one. The battle against assimilation is far too important for its warriors to get embroiled in politics of this sort. Undoubtedly, all the outreach organizations, Chabad included, should put their differences aside and pool together all their resources and ideas to create an even brighter Jewish tomorrow."
# Never Knew Love (Rick Astley song)

"Never Knew Love" is a pop song performed by English singer-songwriter Rick Astley and written by Derek Bordeaux and John Paul Taylor. It was produced by Gary Stevenson and Astley. The song was recorded for and included on Astley's third album, Free. It was released on 17 June 1991 and peaked at number 70 on the UK Singles Chart.
On 14 August 2024, the original music video was upgraded to 4K to celebrate the reissue of Free.

## Track listing

* "Never Knew Love" (remix) – 3:15
* "Never Knew Love" (The 3 Day mix) – 8:37
* "So Glad" – 3:28
* "Some Kinda Love" – 4:35

## Personnel

* Rick Astley – lead vocals
* Dave West – acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes, synthesizers, drum programming
* Hywel Maggs – guitars
* Lars Danielsson – bass guitar
* Per Lindval – drum overdubs
* Jacob Andersen – percussion
* Dan Higgins – saxophone solo
* Larry Williams – saxophones
* Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone
* Larry Hall – trumpet
* Jerry Hey – brass arrangements
* Anne Dudley – string arrangements and conductor
* Kevin Dorsey – backing vocals
* Carol Kenyon – backing vocals
* Dee Lewis – backing vocals
* Phil Perry – backing vocals

## Charts

| Chart (1991) | Peak position |
| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) | 42 |
| UK Singles (OCC) | 70 |
# Óscar Engonga

Óscar Engonga Maté (born 12 September 1968) is a Spanish former football player and manager who played as a midfielder.

## Football career

Engonga was born in Torrelavega, Cantabria. During his career, spent mainly in Spain's lower leagues, he appeared in three La Liga matches, one for Real Valladolid and two for Racing de Santander. He retired in 1999, aged only 30.
Shortly after, Engonga took up coaching, managing for a brief period Equatorial Guinea, which featured former fellow professionals in Spain Rodolfo Bodipo and Benjamín Zarandona. Subsequently, he served as technical assistant to his brother Vicente when the latter was in charge of the national team.

## Personal life

Engonga came from a football family. His father Vicente was also a footballer who left Equatorial Guinea in 1958 and settled in Torrelavega, playing for Gimnástica de Torrelavega and other teams in the region. Óscar was the youngest of four brothers (all former players), the most prominent being older Vicente, who represented Spain at UEFA Euro 2000; Óscar and Vicente coincided at Gimnástica – with siblings Julio and Rafael – and Valladolid in the 1991–92 season.
Engonga's son, Igor, who was born in Santa Cruz de La Palma while he played in that city for CD Mensajero, represented Equatorial Guinea at both under-16 and senior level.
# Carlia rhomboidalis

Carlia rhomboidalis, the blue-throated rainbow-skink, is a species of skink in the genus Carlia. It is endemic to Queensland, Australia.
# Lake Kuremaa

Lake Kuremaa (Estonian: Kuremaa järv, German: Jenselsche See) is a 397 ha (980 acres) lake in Jõgeva Parish, Jõgeva County, Estonia, located 2 km (1.2 mi) north of Palamuse. It is the 11th largest lake in Estonia and the second largest in the Vooremaa region (after Saadjärv). It has an average depth of 5.9 m (19 ft), max. depth is 13.3 metres (44 ft). The lake is 83 metres (272 ft) above sea level.
# Carlia rostralis

Carlia insularis, the black-throated rainbow-skink or hooded rainbow skink, is a species of skink in the genus Carlia. It is endemic to Queensland, Australia where it is found in "eastern creeks in the Wet Tropics".
# Ascra

Ascra or Askre (Ancient Greek: Ἄσκρη, romanized: Áskrē) was a town in ancient Boeotia which is best known today as the home of the poet Hesiod. It was located upon Mount Helicon, less than seven and a half miles west of Thespiae. According to a lost poetic Atthis by one Hegesinous, a maiden by the name of Ascra lay with Poseidon and bore a son Oeoclus who, together with the Aloadae, founded the town named for his mother. In the Works and Days, Hesiod says that his father was driven from Aeolian Cyme to Ascra by poverty, only to find himself situated in a most unpleasant town (lines 639–40):
The 4th century BCE astronomer and general Eudoxus thought even less of Ascra's climate. However, other writers speak of Ascra as abounding in corn, Corinthian hunchbacks, and wine.
By the time Eudoxus wrote, the town had been all but destroyed (by Thespiae sometime between 700 and 650 BCE), a loss commemorated by a similarly lost Hellenistic poem, which opened: "Of Ascra there isn't even a trace anymore" (Ἄσκρης μὲν οὐκέτ' ἐστὶν οὐδ' ἴχνος). This apparently was a hyperbole, for in the 2nd century CE, Pausanias could report that a single tower, though not much else, still stood at the site.