boeotian

[Cacasenno]

boeotian

–adjective
1. of or pertaining to Boeotia or its inhabitants.
2. dull; obtuse; without cultural refinement.
–noun
3. a native or inhabitant of Boeotia.
4. a dull, obtuse person; Philistine.

Dictionary.com

As with todays Good Word 'laconic', also this word is from Old Greece.

Not too politically correct, I suspect. Be careful as to whom you descant with

[Faerthurin]

Ah, is that what it meant in "Orpheus in the Underworld"! John Styx sing about "When I was king of the Boeotians", but the author was using both meanings!

[Stargzer]

Interesting! These quotes are from Wikipedia's entry on Boeotia.

History

The Boeotian people, although they included great men like Pindar, Hesiod, Epaminondas, Pelopidas and Plutarch, were portrayed proverbially dull by Athenians (cf. Boeotian ears incapable of appreciating music or poetry and Hog-Boeotians, Cratinus.310)

Pejorative Term

Boeotia came to be proverbial for the stupidity of its inhabitants (OED), probably because of Athens' proud assertion of its cultural superiority compared to its rural neighbours.

[Cacasenno]

The burden of writing history rests with the winner.

[Slava]

The burden of writing history rests with the winner.

Some might argue that it's "the privilege."

[Cacasenno]

The burden of writing history rests with the winner.

Some might argue that it's "the privilege."

They have an argument there

[skinem]

I think we have several American versions of this word.