Linus (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Linus (Greek: Λῖνος Linos "flax") may refer to the following personages:
Male
- Linus, son of impious Lycaon.[1]
- Linus, the great musician son of Apollo.[2][3]
- Linus, son of Apollo and Psamathe.[4][5]
- Linus, a soldier in the army of the Seven Against Thebes. He was killed by Hypseus at Thebes.[6]
Female
References
- ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus. Bibliotheca, Book 3.8.1
- ^ Hyginus. Fabulae 161
- ^ Pausanias. Description of Greece, 9.29.6
- ^ Pausanias. Description of Greece, 1.43.7
- ^ Statius. Thebaid, 570ff
- ^ Statius. Thebaid, 9.254
- ^ Robert Graves. The Greek Myths, section 108 s.v. Tantalus
Sources
- Smith, William; Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London (1873). Linus
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