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	Herodotus - The Histories - Page 710
		Grinus (they say), the son of Aesanius, a descendant of Theras, and king of the island of Thera, went to Delphi to offer a hecatomb on behalf of his native city.
		He was accompanied by a large number of the citizens, and among the rest by Battus, the son of Polymnestus, who belonged to the Minyan family of the Euphemidae.
		On Grinus consulting the oracle about sundry matters, the Pythoness gave him for answer, "That he should found a city in Libya." Grinus replied to this, "I, O king, am too far advanced in years, and too inactive, for such a work.
	www.galileolibrary.com /ebooks/eu04/herodotus_page_710.htm (214 words)

	Cyrene, Greek Mythology Link - www.maicar.com
		It is told that Battus 2, after founding the city was cured of his stammering when he saw a lion and could not help crying out in a clear and loud voice.
		He was son of Polymnestus and Phronime, and had son Arcesilaus 2, who became king of Cyrene
		The first known king of the LAPITHS was Hypseus 1, son of Peneus (one of the RIVER GODS) and Creusa 3, a naiad daughter of Gaia.
	homepage.mac.com /cparada/GML/Cyrene.html (1598 words)

	Battus
		In Greek mythology, Battus referred to two different people.
		Son of Polymnestus, founded Cyrene, thus fulfilling a prophecy given to his ancestor, Euphemus.
		A shepherd from Pylos, Battus witnessed Hermes stealing Apollo's cattle.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ba/Battus.html (42 words)

	Battus
		When he, despite his vow to keep silent, told others about the theft, Hermes turned him into a stone (Ovid II, 688).
		The son of Polymnestus of Thera, and a descendant of Euphemus.
		An oracle had advised him to settle in Libya, which he did and founded there Cyrene (Catullus).
	www.pantheon.org /articles/b/battus.html (78 words)

	Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2004.11.36
		At first, however, they lack the competence to complete the performance of colonization, as they do not know where Libya is. A sanction ensues in the form of a drought, followed by a new consultation with Apollo, whose oracle again mentions Libya.
		The Cyrenaean version begins differently, though its sanction overlaps with that of the Therans: according them, Battus is the bastard son of Polymnestus and a daughter of Etearchus, a Cretan king.
		Born with a stutter -- his name was linked to the verb battarizein -- he seeks a remedy from the Delphic oracle, who declares that he is to colonize Libya.
	ccat.sas.upenn.edu /bmcr/2004/2004-11-36.html (3526 words)

	Herodotus' Inquiries, Book 4: installment 25
		And because the men in that tribe’s offspring persisted not, they set up on the basis of a divine message a shrine of the Erinyes of Laius and Oedipus, and after that that same thing persisted also in Thera for those born to those men there.
		When indeed he had made him swear, he led out and gave over his own daughter to him and he bade throw that one down into the sea, after he had led her away.
		So thereafter, having taken up Phronime, Polymnestus, being an esteemed man among the Theraeans, kept her as a concubine.
	www.losttrails.com /pages/Tales/Inquiries/Herodotus_25.html (4236 words)

	Chapter 12
		This composer of the so-called 'first katastasis' was reputedly a singer from Lesbos who moved to Sparta, where he was the first of all winners at the reputedly oldest festival of Sparta, the Feast of Karneia (Hellanicus FGH 4 F 85 by way of Athenaeus 635e).
		The second katastasis is attributed to Thaletas of Gortyn, Xenocritus of Locri, Polymnestus of Colophon (On Music 1134bc).
		These composers of the so-called second katastasis are associated with the Feast of the Gumnopaidiai at Sparta, as well as the Feast of the Apodeixeis in Arcadia and the Feast of the Endumatia at Argos (On Music 1134c).
	www.press.jhu.edu /books/nagy/PHTL/chapter12.html (13261 words)

	Week 9 - Divination
		[2] Grinnus son of Aesanius, king of Thera, a descendant of this same Theras, came to Delphi bringing a hecatomb from his city; among others of his people, Battus son of Polymnestus came with him, a descendant of Euphemus of the Minyan clan.
		There Polymnestus, a notable Theraean, took Phronime and made her his concubine.
		For the Libyan word for king is "Battus," and this (I believe) is why the Pythian priestess called him so in her prophecy, using a Libyan name because she knew that he was to be king in Libya.
	www.brynmawr.edu /classics/redmonds/csts212w8.html (8920 words)

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