DOI Page / Citation link:
https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.1004#0207
Homer commences his catalogue of the Grecian forces in the
second book of the Iliad with a description of the vessels sup-
plied by Bceotia. He enumerates thirty cities in that country
which furnished men and ships to Agamemnon.
It is a remarkable circumstance, that while he refers to so
many towns as already existing in his age in the Bceotian territory, he
second book of the Iliad with a description of the vessels sup-
plied by Bceotia. He enumerates thirty cities in that country
which furnished men and ships to Agamemnon.
It is a remarkable circumstance, that while he refers to so
many towns as already existing in his age in the Bceotian territory, he