Battus (mythology)

Battus (Ancient Greek: Βάττος, lit. 'tongue-tied'^[1]) was a figure in Greek mythology who witnessed Hermes stealing Apollo's cattle in Maenalus in Arcadia.

Hermes turns Butte to stone ." Engraving by Antoine - Jean Duclos of 1767 for Ovid 's Metamorphoses

Hermes gave him a heifer on condition Battus kept the theft secret. On returning in disguise, Hermes offered to reward Battus if he would tell him the location of the cattle; Battus did so, and for his greed was punished by being turned into stone.^[2]^[3]

Notes

↑ Graves, Robert (1960). The Greek Myths. Harmondsworth, London, England: Penguin Books. pp. s.v. Aristaeus. ISBN 978-0143106715. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
↑ Michael Grant, John Hazel (2004). Who's Who in Classical Mythology (revised ed.). Routledge. p. 97. ISBN 9781134509430.
↑ Pierre Grimal (1991). The Penguin Dictionary of Classical Mythology. Penguin Books. p. 72.

References

Graves, Robert, The Greek Myths, Harmondsworth, London, England, Penguin Books, 1960. ISBN 978-0143106715
Graves, Robert, The Greek Myths: The Complete and Definitive Edition. Penguin Books Limited. 2017. ISBN 978-0-241-98338-6, 024198338X
Grimal, Pierre, The Dictionary of Classical Mythology, Wiley-Blackwell, 1996. ISBN 978-0-631-20102-1

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[1] Graves, Robert (1960). The Greek Myths. Harmondsworth, London, England: Penguin Books. pp. s.v. Aristaeus. ISBN 978-0143106715. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)

[2] Michael Grant, John Hazel (2004). Who's Who in Classical Mythology (revised ed.). Routledge. p. 97. ISBN 9781134509430.

[3] Pierre Grimal (1991). The Penguin Dictionary of Classical Mythology. Penguin Books. p. 72.

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