Butes, an
Argonaut, son of
Teleon and
Zeuxippe (daughter of
Eridanus).[4] In some accounts, his father was called
Aeneus.[5] When the Argonauts were sailing past the
Sirens, he was the only one who was unable resist the charm of their singing, swimming off to them. But
Aphrodite saved Butes by transferring him to
Lilybaeum in
Sicily, where he became her lover.[6] Other accounts call him a famous bee keeper and a native
Sicilian king.[7] He was the father of
Eryx by Aphrodite,[8] and also of
Polycaon.[9]
Butes, a
Thracian,
Boreas's son, who was hostile towards his stepbrother
Lycurgus and was driven out of the country by him. He settled in the island of Strongyle (
Naxos) with a bunch of men, and proceeded to attack those who sailed past the island. As there were no women on Strongyle to begin with, they would sail here and there to seize some from the land, but were not quite successful. When they landed in
Thessaly for that purpose, Butes offended
Dionysus by raping
Coronis, a
Maenad, and was made insane upon her imploration, in which state he threw himself down a well and died. His companions did abduct some women, including
Iphimedeia and her daughter Pancratis.[10]
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Butes, an
Argonaut, son of
Teleon and
Zeuxippe (daughter of
Eridanus).[4] In some accounts, his father was called
Aeneus.[5] When the Argonauts were sailing past the
Sirens, he was the only one who was unable resist the charm of their singing, swimming off to them. But
Aphrodite saved Butes by transferring him to
Lilybaeum in
Sicily, where he became her lover.[6] Other accounts call him a famous bee keeper and a native
Sicilian king.[7] He was the father of
Eryx by Aphrodite,[8] and also of
Polycaon.[9]
Butes, a
Thracian,
Boreas's son, who was hostile towards his stepbrother
Lycurgus and was driven out of the country by him. He settled in the island of Strongyle (
Naxos) with a bunch of men, and proceeded to attack those who sailed past the island. As there were no women on Strongyle to begin with, they would sail here and there to seize some from the land, but were not quite successful. When they landed in
Thessaly for that purpose, Butes offended
Dionysus by raping
Coronis, a
Maenad, and was made insane upon her imploration, in which state he threw himself down a well and died. His companions did abduct some women, including
Iphimedeia and her daughter Pancratis.[10]
This article includes a list of Greek mythological figures with the same or similar names. If an
internal link for a specific Greek mythology article referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended Greek mythology article, if one exists.