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Definition of Boeotia
1. Noun. A district of ancient Greece to the northwest of Athens.
Generic synonyms: District, Dominion, Territorial Dominion, Territory
Group relationships: Ellas, Greece, Hellenic Republic
Terms within: Thebes, Plataea
Derivative terms: Boeotian
Definition of Boeotia
1. Proper noun. A district of Ancient Greece, formerly renowned for the proverbial stupidity of its inhabitants. ¹
2. Proper noun. Now, a district in east Central Greece, situated on the peninsula, West of Euboea, North of Attica and Megaris, East of Phokis. Its present-day capital of the prefecture is Levadeia. ¹
3. Proper noun. (dated form of Boeotia) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Boeotia
Literary usage of Boeotia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury by Thomas ( Hobbes (1843)
"... but now Orchomenus in boeotia ), some Ac424. others of Orchomenus were to
surrender ... boeotia into the f ° how to hring utmost town of boeotia towards ..."
2. Thucydides Translated Into English by Benjamin Jowett, Thucydides (1881)
"'Men of boeotia, no one among us generals should The Athe- ever have ...
They wc"fin>7r have crossed our frontier ; it is boeotia in which they them. have ..."
3. Lectures on Ancient History: From the Earliest Times to the Taking of by Barthold Georg Niebuhr (1852)
"But boeotia is to be understood in the same sense as in Diodorus, and his readers
... We must understand the case thus—Thebes was at war with boeotia, ..."
4. The History of Greece from Its Commencement to the Close of the Independence by Adolf Holm (1907)
"boeotia is a district with which we are not sufficiently acquainted. ... boeotia,
as we saw in the first volume of this history, is one of the oldest ..."
5. Catalogue of the Terracottas in the Department of Greek and Roman by Henry Beauchamp Walters (1903)
"boeotia, 1891. Plinth injured. Back networked, with hole; ... boeotia, 1891.
Back of head modelled ; rest of back cut away ; hollow underneath. C 181. ..."
6. The Ancient Boeotians: Their Character and Culture, and Their Reputation by William Rhys Roberts (1895)
"IT is in the Political History of boeotia, not including the Age of Epaminondas (which
must be reserved for separate treatment) that there would seem to be ..."
7. The History of Greece by Connop Thirlwall (1855)
"The mountains which inclose the inland territory which formed the main part of
boeotia, and separate it from the narrow maritime districts on the ..."
8. A History of Greece: From the Earliest Times to the Roman Conquest. With by William Smith (1897)
"Defeat of the Corinthians at Megara. § 14. The long walls of Athens commenced.
§ 15. The Lacedaemonians march into boeotia. ..."
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