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Butes or Boutes ( Gr. Βούτης ) is a male given name common in Greek and Roman mythology. The name means ox herder .

Well-known namesake

• Butes (son of Pandion)
• Butes (son of Teleon)
• Butes, son of Poseidon , father of Pulykoon and Pulykreion ( Hesiod , Eoien, 73.)
• Butes (son of Boreas)
• Butes, a Bebryker from Amykus ( Virgil , Aeneid , 5, 372.)
• Butes, bodyguard of Anchises (Virgil, Aeneid, 9, 648.)
• Butes, a Trojan warrior who was killed by Camilla (Virgil, Aeneid, 11, 690.)
• Butes, a warrior fighting for Thebes ( Seven against Thebes ), was killed by Haimon ( Publius Papinius Statius , Thebais , 8, 484.)
• Butes, nobleman who accompanied Cephalos to Aegina ( Ovid , Metamorphosen , 7, 640. or 7, 500. depending on the translation)