Xanthus

Xanthus

Xanthus (Greek: [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3D%2371462 Ξάνθος] Xanthos yellow,blond) may refer to:

In Greek mythology:
*Xanthus is a son of Phaenops who was killed by Diomedes.
*Xanthus is the name of one of Achilles' horses; see Balius and Xanthus.
*Xanthus is the name of one of Hector's horses.
*Xanthus is one of the Mares of Diomedes.
*Xanthus is the gods' name for Scamander.
*Xanthus was a son of Pan who was allied with Dionysus.
*Xanthus was a Theban king, the son of Ptolemy. He was killed by Andropompus or Melanthus.
*Xanthus was the lover of Alcinoe, who left her family to be with him.
*Xanthus was the name of the great river of Troy.
*Xanthus was the son of Erymanthus and father of Psophis.

Xanthus may also refer to:
*Xanthos, an ancient Lycian city.
*Xanthus (historian), a logographer who wrote a history of Lydia.
*Xanthus Russell Smith, an American artist.
*Xanthus, the antagonist in the musical "People Are Wrong!".
*Xanthus, the fictional character in Robert Newcomb's fantasy series Blood and Stone.
*Xanthus, the name of Aristotle Bolt's estate in the 1975 Disney movie Escape to Witch Mountain.

References

* [http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/3619.html Xanthus] Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology


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