Boeotia

American

[bee-oh-shuh] / biˈoʊ ʃə /

noun

a district in ancient Greece, NW of Athens. Thebes.

Boeotia British

/ bɪˈəʊʃɪə /

noun

Modern Greek name: Voiotia. 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

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Civil Protection placed Attica, which surrounds the capital, and neighbouring Boeotia at level four on a five-point fire danger scale.

From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026

According to local media, an 80-year-old man collapsed while trying to save his sheep from the flames in the central Boeotia region, north of Athens.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2023

The Greek allied forces under the command of Sparta advanced into Boeotia and met the Persian army at the Battle of Plataea.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

Crawford takes readers to ancient Greece, to the remote borderlands between city-states such as Athens and Boeotia, Sparta and Argos.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 16, 2023

In this way Thebes was founded and the country round about got the name of the heifer’s land, Boeotia.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

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