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Definition of Boeotian

Boeotian
Boeotian B[oe]*o"tian, a. [L. Boeotia, Gr. ?, noted for its moist, thick atmosphere, and the dullness and stupidity of its inhabitants.] Of or pertaining to B[oe]otia; hence, stupid; dull; obtuse. -- n. A native of B[oe]otia; also, one who is dull and ignorant.

Meaning of Boeotian from wikipedia

- century. Lake Yliki is a large lake near Thebes. The origin of the name "Boeotians" may lie in the mountain Boeon in Epirus. The earliest inhabitants of...
- The Boeotian helmet was a type of combat helmet used in Ancient Greece and Gr****-influenced regions during the classical and ****enistic periods, as well...
- In Boeotian, the vowel-system was, in many cases, changed in a way reminiscent of the modern Gr**** pronunciation. Attic/Ionic αι /ai/ ~ Boeotian η /eː/...
- largest city of the ancient region of Boeotia and was the leader of the Boeotian confederacy. It was a major rival of ancient Athens, and sided with the...
- The Treasury of the Boeotians was dedicated in the late Archaic period within the sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi. It is identified due to some epigraphic...
- A Boeotian shield is a large hand-held shield once carried by warriors in Ancient Greece. It is similar to the more commonly encountered aspis in that...
- also possible. The earliest known records of the Muses come from Boeotia (Boeotian muses). Some ancient authorities regarded the Muses as of Thracian origin...
- The Boeotian War broke out in 378 BC as the result of a revolt in Thebes against Sparta. The war saw Thebes become dominant in the Gr**** World at the expense...
- the cities of the federal league known as the Boeotian League. Several traditions agree that the Boeotians were a people expelled from Thessaly some time...
- Gr**** period, Boeotian phonology is shown here as it prefigures several traits of later Koine phonology. By the 4th century BC, Boeotian had monophthongized...