Batea of Troad

For other uses, see Batea (mythology).

In Greek mythology, the name Batea or Bateia (/bəˈtiːə/; Ancient Greek: Βάτεια) was the daughter or (less commonly) the aunt of King Teucer. Her father was the ruler of a tribe known as the Teucrians (Teucri). The Teucrians inhabited the area of northwest Asia Minor later called the Troad (Troas), and the term is sometimes used as another name for the Trojans. Batea married King Dardanus, son of Zeus and Electra, whom Teucer named as his heir. Batea gave her name to a hill in the Troad, mentioned in the Iliad, as well as to the town of Bateia. By Dardanus, Batea was the mother of Ilus, Erichthonius, Zacynthus. Greek mythology also recounts Arisbe of Crete, a daughter of Teucer, as the wife of Dardanus, so Arisbe and Batea are usually assumed to be the same person.

Trojan Family Tree

Trojan race

Oceanus Tethys Atlas Pleione Scamander Idaea Simoeis Zeus/Jupiter Electra Teucer Dardanus Batea Ilus Erichthonius Astyoche Callirrhoe Tros Ilus Ganymede Assaracus Hieromneme Laomedon Themiste Capys Priam Anchises Aphrodite/Venus Latinus Creusa of Troy Aeneas Lavinia Ascanius Silvius Aeneas Silvius Latinus Silvius Alba Atys Capys Capetus Tiberinus Silvius Agrippa Romulus Silvius Aventinus Procas Numitor Amulius Ares/Mars Rhea Silvia/Ilia Hersilia Romulus Remus