An Akhaian territory in central Greece.
During the Trojan War, Peneleos and Leitos commanded the Akhaian soldiers from Boiotia. They took fifty ships to Troy with 120 men on each ship for a total of 6,000 men.
Cities in Boiotia that supplied soldiers for the assault on Troy included—Anthedon, Arne, Aulis, Eilesion, Eleon, Erythrai, Eteonos, Eutresis, Glisas, Graia, Haliartos, Harma, Hyle, Hyria, Kopai, Koroneia, Medeon, Mideia, Mykalessos, sacred Nisa, Okalea, holy Onkhestos, Peteon, Plataia, Skhoinos, Skolos, lower Thebes, Thespeia, and Thisbe, the haunt of doves.
| References: Homer, Iliad book 2, lines 494, 510, 526; book 5, line 710; book 13, lines 685, 700; book 14, line 476; book 15, line 330; book 17, line 597 |