Βοιωτία ὗς

Boiotian sow, Boeotian sow

Translated by David Whitehead9 Aug 2001Vetting: high7 revisions

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[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those lacking perception and education.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Βοιωτία ὗς· ἐπὶ τῶν ἀναισθητούντων καὶ ἀπαιδεύτων.

Betacode

*boiwti/a u(=s: e)pi\ tw=n a)naisqhtou/ntwn kai\ a)paideu/twn.

Macarius 2.79 and other paroemiographers; Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.1866.
Though a phrase more likely to be favoured by non-Boiotians (and especially Athenians, their neighbours), it is actually first attested in Pindar, Olympian 6.90 (text at web address 1).