Boeotian 的詞源
Boeotian(adj.)
“ignorant, dull,” 1590年代,來自 Boeotia,古希臘底比斯周圍的地區(據說因其牛放牧而被稱爲“牛區”; 來自希臘語 bous “牛”,源自 PIE 詞根 *gwou- “公牛,母牛”),其居民被鄰國雅典人以諺語形式描述爲愚鈍和鄉土氣息,雅典人認爲底比斯是“一個無望追趕時代的地方,一個緩慢的地方,正如敏捷的雅典人所說,鰻魚的氣候很好,但對大腦不利”[B.L. Gildersleeve,“Pindar:The Olympian and Pythian Odes”]。底比斯人可能持有相反的觀點,但他們的偉大作家普魯塔克和品達,雖然是愛國者,但對雅典的事蹟和制度充滿讚揚。
Though his aim was to vindicate Boeotia, [Pindar] has probably done her a disservice, in that he has helped to immortalise the scurrilous proverb Βοιωτία ύς [Boeotian swine], which he wished to confute. ... If left to itself, the slander might have passed into oblivion long ago. [W. Rhys Roberts, "The Ancient Boeotians," 1895]
儘管他的目的是爲了辯護底比斯,[品達]可能會給她帶來損害,因爲他已經幫助使惡意的諺語Βοιωτία ύς [底比斯豬]永垂不朽,而他希望駁斥這一諺語。...如果讓它自生自滅,這種誹謗可能早就被遺忘了。[W. Rhys Roberts,“The Ancient Boeotians”,1895]
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