Xanthus
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Xanthus may refer to:
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Xanthus may also refer to:
In Greek mythology:
- Divine
- Xanthus, the gods' name for ScamanderScamanderIn Greek mythology, Scamander was a river god, son of Oceanus and Tethys according to Hesiod. Scamander is also thought of as the river god, son of Zeus. By Idaea, he fathered King Teucer....
, the great river of Troy and its patron god - Xanthus, one of the twelve sons of Pan who were allied with DionysusDionysusDionysus was the god of the grape harvest, winemaking and wine, of ritual madness and ecstasy in Greek mythology. His name in Linear B tablets shows he was worshipped from c. 1500—1100 BC by Mycenean Greeks: other traces of Dionysian-type cult have been found in ancient Minoan Crete...
- Xanthus, the gods' name for Scamander
- Human
- Xanthus, son of TriopasTriopasIn Greek mythology, Triopas, Triophas or Triops was the name of several characters, whose relations are unclear. He belonged to the house of Phoroneus....
and Oreasis - Xanthus, a son of PhaenopsPhaenopsIn Greek mythology, the name Phaenops refers to three characters who are all associated with Troy and the Trojan War:* Father of Xanthus and Thoon, who were slain by Diomedes. He was an old man by the time the Trojan War began, and had no other sons and heirs except these two.* Father of Phorcys,...
who was killed by DiomedesDiomedesDiomedes or Diomed is a hero in Greek mythology, known for his participation in the Trojan War.He was born to Tydeus and Deipyle and later became King of Argos, succeeding his maternal grandfather, Adrastus. In Homer's Iliad Diomedes is regarded alongside Ajax as one of the best warriors of all... - XanthusXanthos (King of Thebes)Xanthus was a king of Thebes, that is the 16th and final monarch that ruled the city. Was possibly a king only temporarily,being shown sometimes as the king of the Boetians sometimes of the Thebians, slain by Melanthus of Attic....
, a Theban king, the son of PtolemyPtolemy (mythological)In Greek mythology, Ptolemy was an ancestral ruler of Thebes, living in the 12th century BCE. His father was Damasichthon; his son, Xanthus. Since the Homeric root to Ptolemy includes no T the name is reconstructed as Polemy....
, killed by AndropompusAndropompusAndropompus was one of the descendants of Neleus king of Thessaly, and the father of King Melanthus- External links :* retrieved 08:40 11.10.11...
or MelanthusMelanthusIn Greek mythology, Melanthus was a king of Messenia. He was among the descendants of Neleus expelled from Messenia, by the descendants of Heracles, as part of the legendary "Return of the Heracleidae", later associated with the supposed "Dorian invasion". He fled to Athens, along with other... - Xanthus, lover of AlcinoeAlcinoeAlcinoe is the name that is attributed to two women in Greek mythology:*Alcinoe, daughter of Polybus of Corinth and wife of Amphilochus, son of Dryas. She refused to pay the full wages to a weaver she had hired, and the woman prayed to Athena to avenge her. The goddess afflicted Alcinoe with a...
, who left her family to be with him - Xanthus, son of Erymanthus and father of PsophisPsophis (mythology)In Greek mythology, Psophis was the name of three characters , all of whom were considered possible eponyms for the city of Psophis. They are enlisted in one passage of Pausanias' Description of Greece.Male:...
- Xanthus, husband of HerippeHerippeIn Greek mythology, Herippe was a woman from Miletus, wife of Xanthus and mother of an unnamed two-year old child. During the celebration of Thesmophoria, she and many other women were carried off by the Gauls. Some of the captives were ransomed by their relatives, but Herippe was among those who...
- Xanthus, son of Triopas
- Equine
- Xanthus, one of AchillesAchillesIn Greek mythology, Achilles was a Greek hero of the Trojan War, the central character and the greatest warrior of Homer's Iliad.Plato named Achilles the handsomest of the heroes assembled against Troy....
' two horses; see Balius and XanthusBalius and XanthusIn Greek mythology, Balius and Xanthus were two immortal horses, the offspring of the harpy Podarge and the West wind, Zephyros ; following another tradition, their father was Zeus.Note: Balius and Xanthus are the Latin forms of the Greek names Balios and Xanthos.-Horses of Achilles:Poseidon... - Xanthus, one of HectorHectorIn Greek mythology, Hectōr , or Hektōr, is a Trojan prince and the greatest fighter for Troy in the Trojan War. As the first-born son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba, a descendant of Dardanus, who lived under Mount Ida, and of Tros, the founder of Troy, he was a prince of the royal house and the...
's horses - Xanthus, one of the Mares of DiomedesMares of DiomedesThe Mares of Diomedes, also called the Mares of Thrace, were four man-eating horses in Greek mythology. Magnificent, wild, and uncontrollable, they belonged to the giant Diomedes , king of Thrace, a son of Ares and Cyrene who lived on the shores of the Black Sea...
- Xanthus, one of Achilles
Xanthus may also refer to:
- XanthosXanthosXanthos was the name of a city in ancient Lycia, the site of present day Kınık, Antalya Province, Turkey, and of the river on which the city is situated...
, an ancient Lycian city - Xanthus (historian)Xanthus (historian)Xanthus of Lydia was a native Lydian historian and logographer who, during the mid-fifth century BC, wrote texts on the history of Lydia known as Lydiaca . Xanthus also wrote occasionally about geology. It is believed that Xanthus was the earliest historian to have written a significant amount on...
, a logographer who wrote a history of Lydia - Xanthus Russell SmithXanthus Russell SmithXanthus Russell Smith was an American marine painter best known for his illustrations of the American Civil War.-Biography:...
, American artist - Xanthus, the antagonist in the musical People Are Wrong!People Are Wrong!People Are Wrong is a 2004 Off-Broadway musical written by Robin Goldwasser and Julia Greenberg, and stars John Flansburgh, Robin Goldwasser's husband, from the band They Might Be Giants. It played Off-Broadway at the Vineyard Theatre from October 22, 2004 until December 11, 2004...
. - Xanthus, the fictional character in Robert NewcombRobert NewcombRobert Newcomb is the author of a series of fantasy books published by Del Rey books. The books are:In The Chronicles of Blood and Stone*The Fifth Sorceress *The Gates of Dawn *The Scrolls of the Ancients...
's fantasy series Blood and Stone. - Xanthus, the name of Aristotle Bolt's estate in the 1975 Disney movie Escape to Witch Mountain (1975 film)Escape to Witch Mountain (1975 film)Escape to Witch Mountain is a 1975 film based on the novel Escape to Witch Mountain by Alexander Key. It was produced by Walt Disney Productions, released by Buena Vista Distribution Company and directed by John Hough.- Plot :...
- 4544 Xanthus4544 Xanthus4544 Xanthus is an Apollo NEO discovered on March 31, 1989 by Henry Holt and Norman G. Thomas at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*...
(1989 FB) is an Apollo NEO discovered on March 31, 1989 by Henry Holt and Norman G. Thomas at Palomar Observatory - USS Xanthus (AR-19)USS Xanthus (AR-19)USS Xanthus was a Xanthus-class repair ship acquired by the United States Navy for the task of providing repairs to the fleet. She was named after Xanthus, a mythical beast of Greek legend....
, a Xanthus-class repair ship acquired by the United States Navy for the task of providing repairs to the fleet