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Battus (mythology)

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Greek mythological figure

Battus (means "tongue-tied"^[1]) was a figure inGreek mythology who witnessedHermes stealingApollo's cattle inMaenalus inArcadia.

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

Hermes gave him aheifer 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 beingturned into stone.^[2]^[3]

Notes

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^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

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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