Batea (mythology)

In Greek mythology, the name Batea or Bateia (/bəˈtiːə/; Greek Βάτεια) refers to the following individuals:

• The daughter or (less commonly) the aunt of King Teucer.^[1][2] Her father was the ruler of a tribe known as the Teucrians (Teucri).^[3][4] The Teucrians inhabited the area of northwest Asia Minor later called the Troad (Troas), and the term is sometimes used as another name for the Trojans^{[citation needed]}. Batea married King Dardanus, son of Zeus and Electra, whom Teucer named as his heir.^[3] Batea gave her name to a hill in the Troad, mentioned in the Iliad,^[5] as well as to the town of Bateia.^[6] By Dardanus, Batea was the mother of Ilus, Erichthonius, Zacynthus, and Idaea (future wife of Phineus).^[3][7][8] Greek mythology also recounts Arisbe of Crete, a daughter of Teucer, as the wife of Dardanus,^[9] so Arisbe and Batea are usually assumed to be the same person.^{[citation needed]}

• A Naiad, who married King Oebalus of Sparta. Their sons were Hippocoon, Tyndareus and Icarius.^[10]

Family tree

See also

• List of Greek mythological figures

References

External links

• Myth Index - Bateia
• Theoi Project - Bateia (Naiad)