Battus (means "tongue-tied"[1]) was a figure in Greek mythology who witnessed Hermes stealing Apollo's cattle in Maenalus in Arcadia.
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.
- ^ 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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