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Aphrodite's lover and a Sicilian king. He was the father of Eryx by Aphrodite.
Boreas' son. He offended Dionysus and was made insane.
Son of Pandion and Zeuxippe. He was a priest of Poseidon and Athena and was worshipped as a hero by the Athenians.
An Argonaut, son of Teleon.

Categories: Greek mythological people

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Dictionary: Boeus to Cephisus, Greek Mythology Link. (5257 words)
	Butes 2 became the priest of Athena and Poseidon after his father's death, while his brother Erechtheus inherited the throne of Athens.
	Butes 2, son of Pandion 2 and Zeuxippe 2, married Chthonia 1, daughter of Erechtheus [Apd.3.14.8, 3.15.1].
	Butes 3 was a member of the Bebrycian clan of Amycus 1 (in northern Asia Minor).

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