Battus
historical figure · 3 works · 4 mentions · 7 anchored passages
Battus the Cyrenian
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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.
In time, a son of weak and stammering speech was born to him, to whom he gave the name Battus, as the Theraeans and Cyrenaeans say;
and when, ignorant of the cause of their misfortunes, they sent to Delphi to ask about their present ills, the priestess declared that they would fare better if they helped Battus plant a colony at Cyrene in Libya.
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;