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How did Hesiod's father come to live in Boeotia?
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Hesiod
Hesiod, detail of a mosaic by Monnus, 3rd century; in the Rhenish State Museum, Trier, Germany.
Hesiodās father migrated to Boeotia, a district in central Greece, from Cyme, which was located in Asia Minor.1