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Boeotia

According to fable it is so-called because Cadmus was conducted by an ox (Greek bous) to the spot where he built Thebes; but, according to fact, it was so called because it abounded in cattle. (Greek, Boiotia.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894

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