Boeotia

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historical region region of ancient Greece

Boeotia is a region of ancient Greece known for its fertile plains, prominent city-states like Thebes, and its role as a setting and cultural backdrop in early Greek poetry and mythology.

Aliases (2)

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region →
region of ancient Greece →
associatedWithAuthor Hesiod →
borders Attica →
Euboea →
Locris →
Phocis →
contains Ascra →
Chaeronea →
Haliartus →
Lebadea →
Orchomenus →
Plataea →
Tanagra →
Thebes →
Thespiae →
country Greek Antiquity →
surface form: "Ancient Greece"
hasCapital Thebes →
hasDialect Aeolic Greek →
surface form: "Boeotian Greek"
hasEthnicGroup Boeotians →
hasGeographicalFeature Cephissus River →
surface form: "Boeotian Cephissus River"

Lake Copais →
fertile plains →
mountain ranges →
hasPoliticalOrganization Boeotian League →
knownFor Theban hegemony in Greece →
agriculture →
grain production →
horse breeding →
role in Greek mythology →
role in early Greek poetry →
locatedIn central Greece →
surface form: "Central Greece"

mainland Greece →
mentionedIn Hesiodic poetry →
Homeric epics →
mythologicalAssociation Cadmus →
Epigoni →
Heracles →
Oedipus →
Seven Against Thebes →
participatedIn Greco-Persian Wars →
Peloponnesian War →
partOf Boeotian League →
siteOf Battle of Chaeronea →
Battle of Delium →
Battle of Plataea →
timePeriod Archaic Greece →
Classical Greece →
Hellenistic period →

Referenced by (46)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Semele → associatedRegion → Boeotia →
Almus → associatedWith → Boeotia →
Hesiod → associatedWithPlace → Boeotia →
Archidamian War → belligerent → Boeotia →
this entity surface form: "Boeotia regional unit"
Attica → borders → Boeotia →
Locris → borders → Boeotia →
Phocis → borders → Boeotia →
Plutarch → bornIn → Boeotia →
Thebes → capitalOf → Boeotia →
Battle of Delium → combatant → Boeotia →
Southern Greece → contains → Boeotia →
subject surface form: "Central Greece"
Boeotians → country → Boeotia →
Lysander → diedIn → Boeotia →
Daphnephoria → heldInRegion → Boeotia →
Battle of Plataea → locatedIn → Boeotia →
Mount Parnassus → locatedIn → Boeotia →
Battle of Chaeronea → location → Boeotia →
Battle of Delium → location → Boeotia →
Fourth Sacred War → location → Boeotia →
Third Sacred War → location → Boeotia →
Corinthian War → mainTheater → Boeotia →
Euboea → nearToIsland → Boeotia →
this entity surface form: "Boiótia (Boeotia) mainland"
Pammenes of Thebes → region → Boeotia →
Simmias of Thebes → region → Boeotia →
subject surface form: "Works and Days"
Aeolic Greek → spokenIn → Boeotia →
Aristaeus → worshipPlace → Boeotia →