Battus
historical figure · 4 works · 6 mentions · 11 anchored passages
Aristoteles · Battus the Cyrenian · blessed son of Polymnestus · guardian of Cyrene
spoken of as
1 expressionin the texts
The Histories
Figure named by some as the father of Ladice.
in any case, he married a certain Ladice, said by some to be the daughter of Battus, of Arcesilaus by others, and by others again of Critobulus, an esteemed citizen of the place.
“Battus, you have come for a voice;
Hearing this, Battus and his men sailed back again;
Pythian
The historical founder and first king of Cyrene, ancestor of Arcesilas, declared king by the Delphic oracle.
Cyrene and the most renowned hall of Battus recognized the just mind of Damophilus;
Battus, blessed son of Polymnestus, it was you that, in accord with this word of prophecy, the oracle glorified by the spontaneous cry of the Delphic Bee, who three times loudly bid you hail, and declared that you were the destined king of Cyrene, when you came to ask the oracle what relief the gods would grant you for your stammering voice.
Today you must stand beside a beloved man, Muse, the king of Cyrene with its fine horses, so that while Arcesilas celebrates his triumph you may swell the fair wind of song that is due to the children of Leto and to Pytho, where once the priestess seated beside the golden eagles of Zeus, on a day when Apollo happened to be present, gave an oracle naming Battus as the colonizer of fruitful Libya, a …
Stromata
Battus the Cyrenian, credited with compiling the Mantike (divinatory teachings) of Mopsus.
And they say that Battus the Cyrenian compiled the so-called Mantike of Mopsus;
History of the Peloponnesian War
One of the two Corinthian generals commanding at the battle near Solygia.
And Battus, one of the generals, (for there were two present in the engagement,) took a battalion, and went to the village of Solygia to defend it, as it was unwalled;