Boeotus

In Greek mythology, Boeotus (/biːˈoʊtəs/; Ancient Greek: Βοιωτός Boiotos) may refer to the following personages:

Boeotus, son of Poseidon and Arne.[1]
Boeotus, son of Itonus[1] and the nymph Melanippe, another possible eponym of Boeotia.[2] His father is apparently not the same as Itonus, son of the first Boeotus.[3]

Notes

Scholia on Homer, Iliad B, 494, p. 80, 43 ed. Bekk. as cited in Hellanicus' Boeotica
Pausanias, 9.1.1
Diodorus Siculus, 4.67.6

Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History translated by Charles Henry Oldfather. Twelve volumes. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8. Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site
Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888-1890. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.

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