Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—B

Boeotian

A rude, unlettered person, a dull blockhead. The ancient Boeotians loved agricultural and pastoral pursuits, so the Athenians used to say they were dull and thick as their own atmosphere; yet Hesiod, Pindar, Corinna, Plutarch, Pelopidas, and Epaminondas, were all Boeotians.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
Boeotian Ears
Boeotia
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

More on Boeotian from Fact Monster:

  • Delium - Delium Delium , town of ancient Greece, a port in E Boeotia, named for its temple of Apollo similar ...
  • Epaminondas - Epaminondas Epaminondas , d. 362 B.C., Greek general of Thebes. He was a pupil of Lysias the ...
  • Corinna - Corinna Corinna , fl. c.500? B.C., Greek poet of Tanagra. Her verse, fragments of which remain, ...
  • Boeotia - Boeotia Boeotia , region of ancient Greece. It lay N of Attica, Megaris, and the Gulf of Corinth. ...
  • Orion, in Greek mythology - Orion Orion , in Greek mythology, Boeotian hunter. When Oenopion delayed giving his daughter Merope ...

Related Content