Batea of Troad

In Greek mythology, the name Batea or Bateia (/bəˈtiːə/ bə-TEE-ə; Ancient Greek: Βάτεια) was the daughter or (less commonly) the aunt of King Teucer.^[1][2] She was the mother of Ilus, Erichthonius, and Zacynthus. A hill in the Troad and the town Bateia were named after her.

Batia's 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). She married King Dardanus, son of Zeus and Electra, whom Teucer named as his heir.^[3] By Dardanus, Batea was the mother of Ilus, Erichthonius, and Zacynthus.^[3][5]

In some accounts, Arisbe of Crete, a daughter of Teucer, is mentioned as the wife of Dardanus.^[6] Arisbe and Batea are usually assumed to be the same person.^{[citation needed]} According to another version of the myth, Batia was the daughter of Tros, instead of Teucer.^[1]

Batea gave her name to a hill in the Troad, mentioned in the Iliad,^[7] as well as to the town of Bateia.^[8]

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• Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling. Online version at the Topos Text Project.

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