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Boeotian

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Boe·o·tia  (b-sh, -sh-)
An ancient region of Greece north of Attica and the Gulf of Corinth. The cities of the region formed the Boeotian League in the seventh century b.c. but were usually under the dominance of Thebes.
Boe·otian adj. & n.
Boeotian [bɪˈəʊʃɪən]
n
(Placename) a native or inhabitant of Boeotia, a region of ancient Greece
adj
(Placename) of or relating to Boeotia or its inhabitants
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Adj.1.Boeotian - of or relating to ancient Boeotia or its people or to the dialect spoken there in classical times; "Boeotian dialects"


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It is not surprising, therefore, to find that from the first the Boeotian school is forced to season its matter with romantic episodes, and that later it tends more and more to revert (as in the "Shield of Heracles") to the Homeric tradition.
Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context
In my own case there followed my acquaintance with these authors certain Boeotian years, when if I did not go backward I scarcely went forward in the paths I had set out upon.
My Literary Passions by Howells,William Dean View in context
And now, reader, as we are in haste to attend our heroine, we will leave to thy sagacity to apply all this to the Boeotian writers, and to those authors who are their opposites.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context
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