Galaxy/The codex of Butes

In Greek mythology, Butes (Ancient Greek Βούτης) son of Teleon (or Aeneus) and Zeuxippe is the Athenian Argonaut who alone leaps toward the Sirens' song and is saved by Aphrodite at Lilybaeum in Sicily, where he becomes her lover and father of Eryx.

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I.Argonaut and Sirens

Apollodorus and Apollonius place Butes aboard the Argo. When Orpheus' music holds the crew past the Sirens, Butes alone cannot resist and swims toward the fatal shore. Aphrodite snatches him up and sets him at Lilybaeum; there she bears him Eryx, and some strands make him a bee-keeping Sicilian king and father of Polycaon.

Hyginus counts him among the Argonauts as Teleon's son. The atlas domains keep the Attic–Argonaut identity that links Athens to the western Sicilian landing.

II.Homonym care

The atlas id butes-athens is the Siren-leaping Argonaut. The Pandionid priest Butes (butes-athenian), brother of Erechtheus, is a separate Attic figure sharing the name and sometimes the mother Zeuxippe in conflicting stemmas.

AT A GLANCE

Greek nameButes (Βούτης)
Typehero
DomainsAttica · the Sirens · the Argonaut voyage
SymbolsSirens' song · Leap from the Argo · Lilybaeum / Eryx
Cult centersAthens (Argonaut tradition) · Lilybaeum in Sicily · Eryx
EtymologyGreek Βούτης / Βούτας (Boútēs / Boútas), related to bous ("ox") or to beekeeping traditions attached to Sicilian Butes.
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