Burrhus Afranius, a chief of the pretorian guards, put to death by Nero.——A brother-in-law of the emperor Commodus.
Bursa, a capital city of Bithynia, supposed to have been called Prusa, from its founder Prusias. Strabo, bk. 12.
Bursia, a town of Babylonia. Justin, bk. 12, ch. 13.
Busa, a woman of Apulia who entertained 1000 Romans after the battle of Cannæ. Valerius Maximus, bk. 4, ch. 8.
Busæ, a nation of Media. Herodotus, bk. 1.
Busīris, a king of Egypt, son of Neptune and Libya, or Lysianassa, who sacrificed all foreigners to Jupiter with the greatest cruelty. When Hercules visited Egypt, Busiris carried him to the altar bound hand and foot. The hero soon disentangled himself, and offered the tyrant, his son Amphidamas, and the ministers of his cruelty, on the altar. Many Egyptian princes have borne the same name. One of them built a town called Busiris, [♦]in the middle of the Delta, where Isis had a famous temple. Herodotus, bk. 2, chs. 59 & 61.—Strabo, bk. 17.—Ovid, Metamorphoses, bk. 9, li. 132; Heroides, poem 9, li. 69.—Plutarch, Theseus.—Virgil, Georgics, bk. 3, li. 5.—Apollodorus, bk. 2, ch. 5.
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Buta, a town of Achaia. Diodorus, bk. 20.
Buteo, a surname of Marcus Fabius. Livy, bk. 30, ch. 26.——A Roman orator. Seneca.
Butes, one of the descendants of Amycus king of the Bebryces, very expert in the combat of the cestus. He came to Sicily, where he was received by Lycaste, a beautiful harlot, by whom he had a son called Eryx. Lycaste, on account of her beauty, was called Venus; hence Eryx is often called the son of Venus.—Virgil, Æneid, bk. 5, li. 372.——One of the Argonauts. Apollodorus, bk. 1, ch. 9.——A Trojan slain by Camilla. Virgil, Æneid, bk. 11, li. 690.——A son of Boreas who built Naxos. Diodorus, bk. 5.——A son of Pandion and Zeuxippe, priest of Minerva and Neptune. He married Chthonia daughter of Erechtheus. Apollodorus, bk. 3, ch. 14, &c.——An armbearer to Anchises, and afterwards to Ascanius. Apollo assumed his shape when he descended from heaven to encourage Ascanius to fight. Butes was killed by Turnus. Virgil, Æneid, bk. 9, li. 647; bk. 12, li. 632.——A governor of Darius, besieged by Conon the Athenian.