Boeotus

In Greek mythology, Boeotus (/biːˈoʊtəs/; Ancient Greek: Βοιωτός Boiotos) may refer to the following personages:

Boeotus, son of Poseidon and Arne.^[1]
Boeotus, son of Itonus^[1] and the nymph Melanippe, another possible eponym of Boeotia.^[2] His father is apparently not the same as Itonus, son of the first Boeotus.^[3]

Notes

^ ^a ^b Scholia on Homer, Iliad B, 494, p. 80, 43 ed. Bekk. as cited in Hellanicus' Boeotica
^ Pausanias, 9.1.1
^ Diodorus Siculus, 4.67.7

References

Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History translated by Charles Henry Oldfather. Twelve volumes. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8. Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site
Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888-1890. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.

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[:0-1] Scholia on Homer, Iliad B, 494, p. 80, 43 ed. Bekk. as cited in Hellanicus' Boeotica

[2] Pausanias, 9.1.1

[3] Diodorus Siculus, 4.67.7

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