The Boeotians were a peoples of central Greece, to the north of Attica. They were ruled from Thebes and so were also called Thebans.
Rulers[]
Cadmeids[]
- Cadmus, son of King Agenor of Tyre, brother of Europa and husband of Harmonia (daughter of Aphrodite and Ares), father of Ino/Leucothea and Semele/Thyone, both of whom became goddesses in their own right
- Pentheus, maternal grandson of Cadmus (son of Agave)
- Polydorus, son of Cadmus
Nycteids[]
- Nycteus, father-in-law of Polydorus, regent for Labdacus
- Lycus, brother of Nycteus, regent for Labdacus
Cadmeids (Restored)[]
- Labdacus, son of Polydorus
- Laius, son of Labdacus, married to Jocasta, killed by his son
- Oedipus, son of Laius and Jocasta, married his mother and then blinded himself in shame, father of Antigone (betrothed to Haemon, son of Creon) and Ismene
- Polynices, son of Oedipus and Jocasta, co-ruler with Eteocles
- Eteocles, son of Oedipus and Jocasta, co-ruler with Polynices before he killed the former in a war
- Creon, brother of Jocasta
- Laodamas, son of Eteocles
- Thersander, son of Polynices
Peneleids[]
- Peneleos, regent for Tisamenus
Cadmeids (Restored)[]
- Tisamenus, son of Thersander
- Autesion, son of Tisamenus
Peneleids (Restored)[]
- Damasthicon, grandson of Peneleos (son of Opheltes)
- Ptolomaeus, son of Damasthicon
- Xanthos, son of Ptolomaeus, killed by King Melanthus of Athens
Peoples in Greek mythology | |
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Achaeans | Aeginetans • Aeolians • Aetolians • Arcadians • Argives • Athenians • Boeotians • Corinthians • Cretans • Cypriots • Dorians • Eleans • Epirotes • Euboeans • Ithacans • Lapiths • Locrians • Magnetes • Megarians • Messenians • Minyans • Mycenaeans • Myrmidons • Phocians • Rhodians • Salaminians • Sicyonians • Spartans |
Anatolians | Carians • Cilicians • Halizones • Idaeans • Larissans • Lycians • Lydians • Maeonians • Mysians • Paphlagonians • Percoteans • Phrygians • Trojans |
Others | Aethiopians • Amazons • Ciconians • Colchians • Egyptians • Latins • Libyans • Paeonians • Phoenicians • Tenedians • Thracians |