Hiera Orgas

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jeffrey Becker

Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Chris de Lisle

Last modified Feb 04, 2026 05:13 PM — History

The Hiera Orgas or ‘sacred meadow’ was a tract of land sacred to Demeter and Persephone. It featured in at least two conflicts between Athens and Megara. It was likely located to the north of the Iapis River on the Megarian side of the Athens-Megara border.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/66782793

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Geographic Names:
- Hiera Orgas (English, AD 2000 - AD 2099)

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Place type:
meadow

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Wikidata Hiera Orgas (Q20639198)

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Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, Brady Kiesling, and Chris de Lisle, 'Hiera Orgas: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/66782793> [accessed: 19 May 2026]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/66782793 |title=Places: 66782793 (Hiera Orgas) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=May 19, 2026 9:40 am |publisher=Pleiades}}