Boïdas the Philologist (Βοΐδας ὁ Φιλόλογος) Life No biographical information for Boïdas the Philologist is recorded in standard scholarly references. Searches of major encyclopedias and digital libraries for ancient philosophy and biography yield no results for this name.

Works No specific works are attributed to Boïdas in the consulted sources. Metadata suggests he compiled a single philosophical collection, but its title and contents are unattested.

Significance Boïdas the Philologist is absent from the historical record. If he existed, this absence suggests he was a minor figure, his works were lost early, or the name is a variant of another.

Sources * Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: https://plato.stanford.edu (searched for "Boïdas," "Boidas," "Βοΐδας") * Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: https://iep.utm.edu (searched for "Boïdas," "Boidas") * Encyclopædia Britannica: https://www.britannica.com (searched for "Boïdas," "Boidas") * Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Classics: https://oxfordre.com/classics/ (searched for "Boïdas," "Boidas") * Perseus Digital Library: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu (searched for "Βοΐδας") * Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (via Perseus): http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0104 (searched for "Boidas") * World History Encyclopedia: https://www.worldhistory.org (searched for "Boïdas") * ToposText: https://topostext.org/ (searched for "Βοΐδας")