Battus may refer to:
Animals
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''Battus'' (butterfly), a genus of butterfly of the family Papilionidae
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''Battus'' (trilobite), a synonym for several agnostid trilobites, now assigned to other genera
Mythology
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Battus (mythology) Battus (means "tongue-tied") was a figure in Greek mythology who witnessed Hermes stealing Apollo's cattle in Maenalus in Arcadia.
Hermes gave him a heifer
Heifer may refer to:
* Heifer (cow)
Cattle (''Bos taurus'') are large, domesti ...
, a figure in Greek mythology who witnessed Hermes stealing Apollo's cattle. He was punished by being turned into stone.
People
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Battus of Malta In Greco-Roman mythology, Battus ( grc, Βάττος) was a semi-legendary king of Malta who offered sanctuary to Anna Perenna, the sister of Dido, the Carthaginian founder in Virgil's Aeneid.Ovid. '' Fasti'', Book III, March 15. Battus features b ...
, king of the island of Malta, protector of Anna Perenna in Ovid's Fasti
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Battus I of Cyrene
Battus I of Cyrene ( grc, Βάττος), also known as Battius the Lacedaemonian and Battus Aristotle (Βάττος Ἀριστοτέλης) and Aristaeus (Ἀρισταῖος) was the founder of the Ancient Greek colony of Cyrene. He was its fi ...
(died 600 BC), founder of the Ancient Greek colony of Cyrenaica and Cyrene
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Battus II of Cyrene
Battus II of Cyrene, sometimes called ''Eudaimon'' (''the Blessed'') or the Latin equivalent ''Felix'', ( el, Βάττος ὁ Εὐδαίμων; flourished ca. 583 to 560 BC) was the third Greek king of Cyrenaica and Cyrene and a member of the B ...
(), third Greek king of Cyrenaica and Cyrene
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Battus III of Cyrene (), fifth Greek king of Cyrenaica
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Battus IV of Cyrene, (), seventh Greek king of Cyrenaica
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Hugo Brandt Corstius (1935–2014), Dutch author
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