In Greek mythology, Boeotus (; ) may refer to the following personages:
Boeotus, son of Poseidon and Arne.Scholia on Homer, Iliad B, 494, p. 80, 43 ed. Bekk. as cited in Hellanicus' Boeotica Boeotus, son of Itonus and the nymph Melanippe, another possible eponym of Boeotia.Pausanias, 9.1.1 His father is apparently not the same as Itonus, son of the first Boeotus.Diodorus Siculus, 4.67.7
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