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Boeotus

American  
[bee-oh-tuhs] / biˈoʊ təs /

noun

Classical Mythology.

  1. a son of Arne and Poseidon, and ancestor of the Boeotians.

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The speech against Boeotus “Concerning the Name” comes between the First Philippic and the First Olynthiac.

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