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Contents 1 Comments 2 Why Thebes? 3 Spelling 4 Map 5 league cities

[edit] Comments

I would like to see some discussion of the "proverbial dullness" of the Boeotians, on a separate page. The Boeotians and the Philistines have each made a lasting contribution to modern languages - in the latter case via the German romantics, and in the former case obviously with much deeper roots, but I have not managed to trace them by rummaging through the web. I know a relevant (and in itself important) quotation of Gauss in more or less modern times, and I have come across a reference by Horace, but I would like to see something from the Greek literature. Horace refers to the dense air of Boeotia, and I wonder if this corresponds to a stock phrase from Greek literature.

[edit] Why Thebes?

Why the reference to Thebes in the third paragraph? What does it have to do with Boeotia? Cottingham 18:12, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

Okay, I read further. Should the third paragraph be removed and/or consolidated with the sixth? Cottingham 18:15, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Spelling

Can someone tell me where the spelling Beotia comes from? I have seen the spellings Boiotia and Voiotia (though the latter is usually used with reference to the modern region) but never Beotia. Shim jb 11:28, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

A simplification of oe on the pattern of ae? Njál 15:51, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Map

One would be good. Njál 15:51, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

It would indeed! Carl Turner 10:34, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

As of today, still would be good. :-) -- Writtenonsand 12:02, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] league cities

Shouldn't the 12 cities of the Boeotian League be listed somewhere here? john k 06:20, 19 March 2007 (UTC)