Here in the genitive case; =
Photius,
Lexicon beta9. Perhaps drawn from a lost reference to an Orphic divinity Babo mentioned dismissively by Michael Psellos (2.163). Then again, the ultimate source may be Harpokration, who, however, spells the name
*baubou=s (also in the genitive: s.v.). This suggests that the Ba(u)bo in question is a legendary Eleusinian figure mentioned by
Dinarchus in a fragmentary speech (fr. XXXV.2 Conomis; cf. Harpokration s.v.
dusau/lhs, whence also
delta 1598), who is perhaps identical with the Baubo mentioned in Eleusinian contexts by
Clement of Alexandria, etc. (e.g.
Protrepticus 2.20; cf. Mylonas 1962: 221-224). A Baubo, who may or may not be the same as
Dinarchus's Baubo,
Clement's Baubo and/or Psellos' Babo, shows up in magical papyri; e.g. PMG IV.2714-83, where, however, Baubo is identified as a Persian deity (cf. Faraone 1997).