< Boeotus, son of Melanippe >

1 Origin

Boeotus was born in Metapontium in the southern part of the Italian peninsula in 1388 BC.

Boeotus' mother was Melanippe, daughter of Aeolus.

Pausanias reports that Boeotus' father was Itonus.

Melanippe, however, had a son, Aeolus, born in Metapontium.

Boeotus' father is thought to be Dius, who abducted Melanippe.

2 Family

Boeotus had a son, Itonus.

3 Others

In 1390 BC, Boeotus' mother, Melanippe, was taken prisoner of war by the Pelasgians and taken to Metapontium.

In 1370 BC, Boeotus returned from Metapontium with his mother Melanippe to Arne in Thessaly, where he succeeded his grandfather Aeolus.