Battiadae

Battiadae

In Greek mythology, the Battiadae are descendants of Battus, the founder of Cyrene. A famous descendant of Battus and thus one of the Battiadae was Callimachus, the Greek poet and the best known member of the Neoteroi.


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  • BATTIADES — Callimachus a Batto patre. Ovid in Ibin, v. 53. Nunc quô Battiades inimitum devovet Ibin: Hôc ego devoveo teque tuosque modô. Stat. l. 5. Sylv. 3. v. 157. Tu pandere doctus Carmina Battiadae. Item Battiadae dicti sunt Cyrenenses a Batto Cyrenes… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • SILPHIUM — Cyrenensibus σἰρφι aut σίλφι, item σέρφι, unde Graecis σίλφιον et σίλπον, Latinis Sirpe, Silpe, et Serpe, atque porro lac serpicium, unde Laserpicium; aliquando pro succo ipso sumitur, unde σιλφιωτα, lasere inspaersa, atque haec propria notio… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

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