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  • After them from Cecropia came warlike Butes, son of brave Teleon, and

    The Argonautica 2008

  • But even so the goodly son of Teleon alone of the comrades leapt before them all from the polished bench into the sea, even Butes, his soul melted by the clear ringing voice of the Sirens; and he swam through the dark surge to mount the beach, poor wretch.

    The Argonautica 2008

  • Butes, it is said, was a son of Poseidon: so Hesiod in the

    Hesiod, Homeric Hymns, and Homerica 2007

  • Polycaon the son of Butes married Euaechme, daughter of Hyllus,

    Hesiod, Homeric Hymns, and Homerica 2007

  • When we made the turn, I was happy to see the lighted windows of the Butes, our closest neighbor.

    Ruby V.C.Andrews 1994

  • When we made the turn, I was happy to see the lighted windows of the Butes, our closest neighbor.

    Ruby V.C.Andrews 1994

  • When we made the turn, I was happy to see the lighted windows of the Butes, our closest neighbor.

    Ruby V.C.Andrews 1994

  • When we made the turn, I was happy to see the lighted windows of the Butes, our closest neighbor.

    Ruby V.C.Andrews 1994

  • And at the Earl of Butes some mysterious Conferences between the King and Franklin might have been concerted: and in these Interviews Franklin might have conceived himself deceived or insulted.

    John Adams autobiography, part 2, "Travels, and Negotiations," 1777-1778 1961

  • But even so the goodly son of Teleon alone of the comrades leapt before them all from the polished bench into the sea, even Butes, his soul melted by the clear ringing voice of the

    The Argonautica Apollonius Rhodius

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