Rhesus
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Rhesus can refer to any of the following:
  • Rhesus of Thrace
    Rhesus of Thrace
    Rhesus or Rhêsos was a Thracian king who fought on the side of Trojans in Iliad, Book X, where Diomedes and Odysseus stole his team of fine horses during a night raid on the Trojan camp. Homer gives his father as Eioneus— a name otherwise given to the father of Dia, whom Ixion threw into the...

    , a king in Greek mythology
  • S. Vivianus Rhesus, a Roman governor of Thrace
    Thrace
    Thrace is a historical and geographic area in southeast Europe. As a geographical concept, Thrace designates a region bounded by the Balkan Mountains on the north, Rhodope Mountains and the Aegean Sea on the south, and by the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara on the east...

  • In Greek mythology, a river-god, son of Oceanus
    Oceanus
    Oceanus ; , Ōkeanós) was a pseudo-geographical feature in classical antiquity, believed by the ancient Greeks and Romans to be the world-ocean, an enormous river encircling the world....

     and Tethys
  • Rhesus (play)
    Rhesus (play)
    Rhesus is an Athenian tragedy that belongs to the transmitted plays of Euripides. There has been debate about its authorship. It was understood to be by Euripides in the Hellenistic, Imperial, and Byzantine periods. In the 17th century, however, the play's authenticity was challenged, first by...

    , the Ancient Greek tragedy thought to have been written by Euripides
  • Rhesus factor, associated with a blood type
  • Rhesus Macaque
    Rhesus Macaque
    The Rhesus macaque , also called the Rhesus monkey, is one of the best-known species of Old World monkeys. It is listed as Least Concern in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species in view of its wide distribution, presumed large population, and its tolerance of a broad range of habitats...

    , also known as the Rhesus Monkey
  • Rh disease
    Rh disease
    Rh disease is one of the causes of hemolytic disease of the newborn...

    , also known as Rhesus disease
  • 9142 Rhesus
    9142 Rhesus
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    , an asteroid
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