Xanthus

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Xanthus (Greek: 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]].

[edit] References

• Xanthus Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

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