Battus or Battos may refer to:

Animals

* ''Battus'' (butterfly), a genus of butterfly of the family Papilionidae * ''Battus'' (trilobite), a synonym for several agnostid trilobites, now assigned to other genera

Mythology

Battus (mythology) Battus (means "tongue-tied") was a figure in Greek mythology who witnessed Hermes stealing Apollo's cattle in Maenalus (town), Maenalus in Arcadia (region), Arcadia. Hermes gave him a Heifer (cow), heifer on condition Battus kept the theft secret ...

, a figure in Greek mythology who witnessed Hermes stealing Apollo's cattle. He was punished by being turned into stone.

People

* Battus of Malta, king of the island of Malta, protector of Anna Perenna in Ovid's Fasti *

Battus I of Cyrene Battus I of Cyrene (), also known as Battius the Lacedaemonian and Battus Aristotle (Βάττος Ἀριστοτέλης) and Aristaeus (Ἀρισταῖος) was the founder of the Ancient Greece, Ancient Greek colony of Cyrene, Libya, Cyrene. ...

(died 600 BC), founder of the Ancient Greek colony of

Cyrene, Libya Cyrene, also sometimes anglicization of names, anglicized as Kyrene, was an ancient Greeks, ancient Greek Greek colonization, colony and ancient Romans, Roman Cities of the Roman Empire, city near present-day Shahhat in northeastern Libya in Nor ...

Battus II of Cyrene Battus II of Cyrene, sometimes called ''Eudaimon'' (''the Blessed'') or the Latin equivalent ''Felix'', (; ruled from c. 583 BC to 560 BC) was the third Greek king of Cyrenaica and Cyrene and a member of the Battiad dynasty. Ancestry Battus I ...

(), third Greek king of Cyrenaica and Cyrene *

Battus III of Cyrene Battus III of Cyrene, surnamed The Lame (, flourished 6th century BC) was the fifth Greek Cyrenaean king and a member of the Battiad dynasty. Battus was the son and only child of king Arcesilaus II and queen Eryxo. His paternal grandfather ...

(), fifth Greek king of Cyrenaica *

Battus IV of Cyrene Battus IV of Cyrene surnamed ''The Handsome'' or ''The Fair'' (, ruled 515 BC - 465 BC) was the seventh and second to last Greek king of Cyrenaica of the Battiad dynasty. He was the first Cyrenaean king to rule as a client king under the Persian ...

, (), seventh Greek king of Cyrenaica *

Hugo Brandt Corstius Hugo Brandt Corstius (29 August 1935 – 28 February 2014) was a Dutch author, known for his achievements in both literature and science. In 1970, he was awarded a PhD on the subject of computational linguistics. He was employed at the Mathemat ...

(1935–2014), Dutch author {{disambiguation, genus, human name