Son of Teleon and Zeuxippe, Athenian Argonaut who alone leapt overboard at the Sirens' song and was saved by Aphrodite at Lilybaeum.1
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When Orpheus' counter-melody held the crew at the Sirens' isle, Butes alone was overcome and swam toward the deadly song; Aphrodite snatched him up and settled him in Lilybaeum, where she bore him Eryx.2
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