Boetus, a foolish poet of Tarsus, who wrote a poem on the battle of Philippi. Strabo, bk. 14.——A river of Spain, more properly called Bætis. See: [Bætis].
Boeus, one of the Heraclidæ.
Boges and Boes, a Persian who destroyed himself and family when besieged by the Athenians. Herodotus, bk. 7, ch. 107.—Pausanias, bk. 8, ch. 8.
Bogud, a king of Mauritania in the interest of Cæsar. Cæsar, Alexandrine War, ch. 59.
Bogus, a king of the Maurusii, present at the battle of Actium. Strabo, bk. 8.
Boii, a people of Celtic Gaul, who migrated into Cisalpine Gaul, and the north of Italy on the banks of the Po. Cæsar, Gallic War, bk. 1, ch. 28; bk. 7, ch. 17.—Silius Italicus, bk. 4, li. 158.
Bojocalus, a general of the Germans in the age of Tiberius, &c. Tacitus, Annals, bk. 13, ch. 55.
Bola, a town of the Æqui in Italy. Virgil, Æneid, bk. 6, li. 775.
Bolānus. See: [Bollanus].
Bolbe, a marsh near Mygdonia. Thucydides, bk. 1, ch. 58.