Batāvi, a people of Germany who inhabited that part of the continent known under the modern name of Holland, and called by the ancients, Batavorum insula. Livy, bk. 4, ch. 15.—Lucan, bk. 1, li. 431.
Bathos, a river near the Alpheus. Pausanias, bk. 8, ch. 29.
Bathycles, a celebrated artist of Magnesia. Pausanias, bk. 3, ch. 19.
Bathyllus, a beautiful youth of Samos, greatly beloved by Polycrates the tyrant, and by Anacreon. Horace, epode 14, li. 9.——Mecænas was also fond of a youth of Alexandria, of the same name. Juvenal, satire 6, li. 63.——The poet who claimed as his own Virgil’s distich, Nocte pluit totâ, &c., bore also the same name.——A fountain of Arcadia. Pausanias, bk. 8, ch. 31.
Lentulus Batiātus, a man of Campania, who kept a house full of gladiators who rebelled against him. Plutarch, Crassus.
Batīa, a naiad who married Œbalus. Apollodorus, bk. 3, ch. 10.——A daughter of Teucer, who married Dardanus. Apollodorus, bk. 3, ch. 10.
Batīna and Bantīna. See: [Bantia].
Bātis, a eunuch, governor of Gaza, who, upon being unwilling to yield, was dragged round the city tied by the heels to Alexander’s chariot. Curtius, bk. 4, ch. 6.
Bato, a Dardanian, who revolted to Rome from king Philip. Livy, bk. 31, ch. 28.
Baton of Sinope, wrote commentaries on the Persian affairs. Strabo, bk. 12.——A charioteer of Amphiaraus. Pausanias, bk. 5, ch. 17.