Bistŏnis, a lake of Thrace near Abdera. Herodotus, bk. 7, ch. 109.
Bithus. See: [Bacchius].
Bithyæ, a certain race of women of Scythia, whose eyes, as Pliny reports, bk. 7, ch. 2, killed those who gazed upon them for some time.
Bithȳnia, a country of Asia Minor, formerly called Bebrycia. It was bounded by the Euxine on the north, on the south by Phrygia and Mysia, on the west by the Propontis, and the east by Paphlagonia. The country was first invaded by the Thracians, under Bithynus the son of Jupiter, who gave it the name of Bithynia. It was once a powerful kingdom. Strabo, bk. 12.—Herodotus, bk. 7, ch. 75.—Mela, bks. 1 & 2. According to Pausanias, bk. 8, ch. 9, the inhabitants were descended from Mantinea in Peloponnesus.
Bitias, a Trojan, son of Alcanor and Hiera, brought up in a wood sacred to Jupiter. He followed the fortune of Æneas, and, with his brother, was killed by the Rutuli in Italy. Virgil, Æneid, bk. 9, li. 672, &c.——One of Dido’s lovers, present when Æneas and the Trojans were introduced to the queen. Virgil, Æneid, bk. 1, li. 742.
Biton. See: [Cleobis].
Bituītus, a king of the Allobroges, conquered by a small number of Romans, &c.—Valerius Maximus, bk. 9, ch. 6.—Florus, bk. 3, ch. 2.
Bituntum, a town of Spain. Martial, bk. 4, ltr. 55.
Bitŭrĭges, a people of Gaul, divided from the Ædui by the Ligeris. Cæsar, Gallic War, bk. 7, ch. 21.
Biturĭcum, a town of Gaul, formerly the capital of the Belgæ. Strabo, bk. 4.