Boeotia
a district in ancient Greece, NW of Athens. Capital: Thebes.
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How to use Boeotia in a sentence
Secondly, Hesiod claims that his father—if not he himself—came from Aeolis and settled in Boeotia.
Hesiod, The Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | Homer and HesiodThis is the presence of an Aeolic or semi-Aeolic form of language in Boeotia.
The Heroic Age | H. Munro ChadwickCithaeron and Taygetus were mountains, the one in Boeotia and the other in Laconia.
The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers | VariousGeometric Ware with matt paint and pale clay corresponding to that of islands found in Argolid and Boeotia.
How to Observe in Archaeology | VariousDate uncertain, but in Boeotia evidence that it ended before rise of 'Minyan' ware.
How to Observe in Archaeology | Various
British Dictionary definitions for Boeotia
/ (bɪˈəʊʃɪə) /
a region of ancient Greece, northwest of Athens. It consisted of ten city-states, which formed the Boeotian League, led by Thebes: at its height in the 4th century bc: Modern Greek name: Voiotia
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