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Mythological son of Poseidon
In
Greek mythology , Boeotus (;
Greek : Βοιωτός ,
translit. Boiōtós ) was the
eponym of
Boeotia in
Greece .
Poseidon fathered both
Aeolus and Boeotus with
Arne (
Melanippe ).
[1] It was then through Boeotus that Arne became the ancestress of the Boeotians.
[2] In some traditions, Boeotus is the father of
Ogyges .
[3]
[4]
Mythology
A late source tells the story of Boeotus' marriage to
Eurythemista .
[5] Boeotus was planning to get married and had difficulty choosing between two candidates, both equally noble maidens (one of them was Eurythemista and the other one's name is not given). He arranged to meet both on top of a nameless mountain; when they came, he saw a star fall on Eurythemista's shoulder and immediately vanish, and chose her. The mountain was named Asterion (from astēr , "star") to commemorate the event, but was later renamed
Cithaeron in honor of the young Cithaeron who was loved by Tisiphone, one of the
Erinyes , and killed by her for not answering her feelings, the same source relates.
Notes
^
Scholia on
Homer ,
Iliad B, 494, p. 80, 43 ed. Bekk. as cited in
Hellanicus ' Boeotica
^
Diodorus Siculus , 4.67.3–7;
Hyginus , Fabulae
186
^
Corinna , 671 as cited in
D.L. Page , Poetae melici graeci (1962)
^
Hornblower, Simon (2015). Lykophron, Alexandra: Greek Text, Translation, Commentary, and Introduction . Great Clarendon Street, Oxford, OX2 6DP, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. p. 432. {{
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Pseudo-Plutarch , De fluviis
2 .
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The Library of History translated by
Charles Henry Oldfather . Twelve volumes.
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Hornblower, Simon , Lykophron, Alexandra: Greek Text, Translation, Commentary, and Introduction. Oxford University Press. Great Clarendon Street, Oxford, OX2 6DP, United Kingdom. 2015.
ISBN
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978-0-19-881064-3
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William W. Goodwin , PH. D. Boston. Little, Brown, and Company. Cambridge. Press Of John Wilson and son. 1874. 5.
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library .
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ISBN
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