Boeotus (son of Poseidon)

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In Greek mythology, Boeotus (/biːˈoʊtəs/; 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]

  1. ^ Scholia on Homer, Iliad B, 494, p. 80, 43 ed. Bekk. as cited in Hellanicus' Boeotica
  2. ^ Diodorus Siculus, 4.67.3–7; Hyginus, Fabulae 186
  3. ^ Corinna, 671 as cited in D.L. Page, Poetae melici graeci (1962)
  4. ^ Hornblower, Simon (2015). Lykophron, Alexandra: Greek Text, Translation, Commentary, and Introduction. Great Clarendon Street, Oxford, OX2 6DP, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. p. 432.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)