How To Use Boeotia In A Sentence
- I had to check the dictionary to discover that Boeotians were inhabitants of a city-state northwest of Attica, reputed to be dull and stupid.
- ‘We were preparing to sign the Treaty of Peace when Epaminondas noticed that the word Boeotian had been changed to Theban. Lion Of Macedon
- An ancient port of east-central Greece in Boeotia. According to tradition, it was the embarkation point for the Greek fleet during the Trojan War.
- Boeotia was agriculturally rich but had neither Athens' silver nor Sparta's helots.
- At least concerning medial positions, Bailey notes in Essays on time-based linguistic analysis (1996), p. 302, fn.4 (see link): "The [tšː] that one might expect in Attic comes from *tw (τϝ) as well as from *ky [cy]; this is found in Attic, Boeotian, Cretan, and some Euboean lects, while other lects (especially Ionic and Doric) had already moved on to σσ [šː]. Fat porkers get sacrificed
- Justifying their occupation of Delium, the Athenians call the Boeotian refusal to return their dead a greater sacrilege. THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES
- The richest districts were most constantly changing their inhabitants; for example, the countries which are now called Thessaly and Boeotia, the greater part of the Peloponnesus with the exception of Arcadia, and all the best parts of Hellas. The History of the Peloponnesian War
- 'We were preparing to sign the Treaty of Peace when Epaminondas noticed that the word Boeotian had been changed to Theban. Lion Of Macedon
- The richest soils were always most subject to this change of masters; such as the district now called Thessaly, Boeotia, most of the Peloponnese, Arcadia excepted, and the most fertile parts of the rest of Hellas. The History of the Peloponnesian War
- Secondly, Hesiod claims that his father — if not he himself — came from Aeolis and settled in Boeotia. Hesiod, Homeric Hymns, and Homerica
