Botres
InGreek mythology,Botres[pronunciation?](Ancient Greek:Βότρης) was aThebanson ofEumelusand grandson ofEugnotus.
Mythology[edit]
Eumelus venerated the godApollodevotedly and honored him with generous offerings. One day, when Eumelus was sacrificing a ram to the god, Botres, who was helping around, tasted the victim's brain before the ritual was completed. Eumelus, enraged, hit Botres on the head with a brand and inflicted a fatal injury on him. As it became evident that Botres was dying, Eumelus, his wife and the servants were overcome with sorrow. Being that Eumelus was a devotee, Apollo took pity on them and changed Botres into a bird calledAeropus(bee-eater).[1]
This myth is also briefly referenced inOvid'sMetamorphoses.[2]
Notes[edit]
- ^Antoninus Liberalis,18as cited inBoeus'Ornithogonia
- ^Ovid,Metamorphoses7.389–390
References[edit]
- Anderson, William S. A commentary on Ovid'sMetamorphoses,7. 390In: Ovid's Metamorphoses. Books 6–10. Edited, with Introduction and Commentary, by William S. Anderson. University of Oklahoma Press, 1972. - p. 285.
- Antoninus Liberalis,The Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalistranslated by Francis Celoria (Routledge 1992).Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Pierre Grimal,A Concise Dictionary of Classical mythology.Basil Blackwell Ltd, 1990. - p. 77
- Publius Ovidius Naso,Metamorphosestranslated by Brookes More (1859-1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Publius Ovidius Naso,Metamorphoses.Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892.Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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