Boebe

Boebē, ēs, f., = Βοίβη.

• A village in the Thessalian province Pelasgiotis, on the shore of Lake Boebeïs, Ov. M. 7, 231.—
• • B Derivv.
  • • 1 Lacus Boebēis (Βοιβηῒς λίμνη, Hom. Il. 2, 711), Lake Boebeïs, now Karla, Plin. 4, 8, 15, § 30; because in the neighborhood of Ossa: Ossaea, Luc. 7, 176; and because Minerva was said to have once bathed her feet in it (cf. Hesiod. Fragm. 50, Göttl. in Strab. 9, p. 640): sanctae Boebeidos undae, Prop. 2, 2, 11: pinguis, Val. Fl. 1, 449.—
    • 2 Boebēius, a, um, adj., Boebeian, = Thessalian: proles, i.e. the Thessalian nymphs, Val. Fl. 3, 543.—
• II Boebe palus = Boebeïs, Lake Boebeïs, Liv. 31, 41, 4.

Boebe, ēs, f. (Βοίβη), ein Flecken in der thessalischen Landschaft Pelasgiotis, am Westufer des auch Boebe od. Boebēïs (s.d.) gen. Sees, Ov. met. 7, 231 (der Ort): Boebe palus, Liv. 31, 41, 4. – Dav.: A) Boebēïs, idos, f. (Βοιβηῒς λίμνη), der See Böbëis, j. Bio, in der Nähe des Ossa, dah. Ossaea, Lucan. 7, 176: ohne sichtbaren Abfluß, dah. B. pinguis, Val. Flacc. 1, 449: u. weil Minerva in ihm die Füße gebadet hatte, sanctae Boebeidos undae, Prop. 2, 2, 11. – B) Boebēius, a, um (Βοιβήϊος), böbëisch für thessalisch, proles B., die thessalischen Nymphen, Val. Flacc. 3, 543.

Bœbē, ēs, Liv. 31, 41, 4 ; et Bœbēis, ĭdos, f. , Prop. 2, 2, 11 ; Luc. 7, 176, lac de Thessalie || -bēius, a, um, du lac Bébé, Thessalien : Val. Flacc. 3, 543.

BOEBE

BOEBE(Βοίβη, Steph. B.), a town in Crete, of which we only know that it was in the Gortynian district; a village called Bobia, near the edge of the plain of Mesará, is supposed to indicate the site. (Pashley, Trav. vol. 1. p. 299.)

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BOEBE

BOEBE(Βοίβη: Eth. Βοιβεύς, fem. Βοιβηΐς), a town of Magnesia in Thessaly, mentioned by Homer, and situated on the eastern side of the lake, called after it BOEBEIS LACUS(Βοιβηΐς λίμνη, Horn. Il. 2.712; Hdt. 7.129, et alii; also Βοιβία λίμνη, Eurip. Alc. 590; and Βοιβιάς, Pind. P. 3.34.) The lake is frequently mentioned by the ancient writers, but the name of the town rarely occurs. The lake receives the rivers Onchestus, Amyrus, and several smaller streams, but has no outlet for its waters. From its proximity to Mt. Ossa, it is called Ossaea Boebeisby Lucan (Luc. 7.176). Athena is said to have bathed her feet in its waters (Hes. ap. Strab. 9. p. 442), which is perhaps the reason why Propertius (Prop. 2.2. 11) speaks of sanctae Boebeidos undae.The lake is a long narrow piece of water, and is now called Karlafrom a village which has disappeared. It produces at present a large quantity of fish, of which no mention is made in the ancient writers, unless, as Leake suggests, Βοίβηshould be substituted for Bolbe in a fragment of Archestratus quoted by Athenaeus (Athen. 7. 311a.). The same writer remarks that the numerous flocks on the heights around the villages of Káprenaand Kanáliaon the lake illustrate the epithet πολυμηλοτάτηbestowed upon Boebe by Euripides (l. c.); while the precipitous rocks of Petra are probably the Βοιβιάδος κρημνοίalluded to by Pindar (l. c.).

The town of Boebe was at a later time dependent upon Demetrias. Its site and remains are described by Leake. It occupied a height advanced in front of the mountain [of Kanúlia], sloping gradually towards the plain, and defended by a steep fall at the back of the hill. It appears to have been constructed of Hellenic masonry, properly so called. The acropolis may be traced on the summit, where several large quadrangular blocks of stones are still in their places, among more considerable ruins formed of small stones and mortar. Of the town walls there are some remains at a small church dedicated to St. Athanasius at the foot of the hill, where are several large masses of stone showing, by their distance from the acropolis, that the city was not less than two miles in circumference.(Besides the references already given, see Strab. ix. pp. 430, 436, 441, seq. 11.503, 530; Liv. 31.41; Plin. Nat. 4.8. s. 15; Ov. Met. 7.231; Steph. B. s. v.; Leake, Northern Greece, vol. iv. pp. 421--431.)