Boeotian
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- adjective
- /biˈoʊʃən/
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beocio
- Many artifacts from Boeotia, including pottery and sculptures, reflect the unique Boeotian style of ancient art.
Examples
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I'm a devotional/traditional Hellenic Polytheist, but unlike most traditional Hellenists, I'm following Boeotian traditions rather than Attic traditions.
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There are some differences between Attic (or Athenian, the major city of the region of Attika) and Boeotian polytheism traditions, including some deity names.
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This is one of, if not the main reason I specifically follow Boeotian traditions.
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He was a wall of a man, like Ajax, with an open-faced Boeotian helmet and white grease under his eyes for vision in the dark.
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He was the author of Boeotian Black Figure Vase Painting of the Archaic Period (1990) and The Flight of Icarus through Western Art (2002) and served as a guest curator for several exhibitions.
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The Boeotian dialect was spoken by the inhabitants of ancient Boeotia during classical times.
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In classical literature, Boeotian customs were often contrasted with the more refined practices of nearby Athens.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Boeotian comes from Boeotia, a region of ancient Greece, so it originally meant 'from Boeotia' and is used for people, language, or things connected to that area, like Boeotian pottery or the Boeotian dialect.