Xanthus (; grc, Ξάνθος, ''Xanthos'', "yellow, blond") or Xanthos may refer to:

In Greek mythology

* Xanthos (King of Thebes), the son of Ptolemy, killed by Andropompus or Melanthus * Xanthus (mythology), several figures, including gods, men, and horses * Balius and Xanthus, the horses of Achilles

People

*Xanthus, Greek philosopher, master of the slave and fabulist Aesop * Xanthus (historian), a logographer who wrote a history of Lydia *

Xanthos Hadjisoteriou Xanthos Hadjisoteriou (1920-2003) was an acclaimed Greek Cypriot painter and interior designer. Born in Famagusta in 1920 and studied business at University of Beirut (1938–1940). Later studied art at the Central School of Arts and Crafts in Lo ...

(1920-2003), Greek Cypriot painter and interior designer *

Xanthus Pagninius Santes (or Xantes) Pagnino (Latin: Xanthus Pagninus) (1470–1541), also called Sante Pagnini or Santi Pagnini, was an Italian Dominican friar, and one of the leading philologists and Biblical scholars of his day. Biography Pagnino was born 1470 ...

(1470–1541), Dominican, leading philologist and Biblical scholars *

Xanthus Russell Smith Xanthus Russell Smith (February 26, 1839, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – December 2, 1929, Glenside, Pennsylvania) was an American marine painter best known for his illustrations of the American Civil War. Biography Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylv ...

, American artist * Xanthos (surname)

Geography

* Xanthus (city) or Xanthos, city in ancient Lycia, the site of present-day Kınık, Antalya Province, Turkey *

Xanthus (river) Xanthos ( Lycian: 𐊀𐊕𐊑𐊏𐊀 ''Arñna'', el, Ξάνθος, Latin: ''Xanthus'', Turkish: ''Ksantos'') was an ancient major city near present-day Kınık, Antalya Province, Turkey. The remains of Xanthos lie on a hill on the left ban ...

or Xanthos, river in ancient Lycia on which the city Xanthus was situated * Xanthus (Lesbos) or Xanthos, a town of ancient Lesbos, Greece * Xanthus Spur on the Trojan Range, mountain range in the Palmer Archipelago of the British Antarctic Territory

The arts

*Xanthus, the antagonist in the musical ''

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 Oct ...

''. *Xanthus, the fictional character in

Robert Newcomb Robert Newcomb (born 1951) is an American author of fantasy novels published by Del Rey Books. In 2008, Del Rey ceased publishing his books. Selected works * '' The Fifth Sorceress'' (2002), . * ''The Gates of Dawn'' (2003), . * ''The Scrolls of ...

's fantasy series ''Blood and Stone''. *Xanthus, the name of Aristotle Bolt's estate in the Disney movie ''Escape to Witch Mountain'' (1975 film).

Species

*'' Calliostoma xanthos'', a species of sea snail *''

Cephonodes xanthus ''Cephonodes xanthus'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae The Sphingidae are a family of moths (Lepidoptera) called sphinx moths, also colloquially known as hawk moths, with many of their caterpillars known as “hornworms”; it includes abo ...

'', a moth of the family Sphingidae *'' Myxococcus xanthus'', a proteobacterium *'' Paracirrhites xanthus'', a hawkfish from the Eastern Central Pacific *'' Protambulyx xanthus'', a synonym for ''Protambulyx eurycles'', a species of moth of the family Sphingidae

Other

*Xanthus, the Latin form of

Xanthos Xanthos ( Lycian: 𐊀𐊕𐊑𐊏𐊀 ''Arñna'', el, Ξάνθος, Latin: ''Xanthus'', Turkish: ''Ksantos'') was an ancient major city near present-day Kınık, Antalya Province, Turkey. The remains of Xanthos lie on a hill on the left ba ...

, an ancient Lycian city * 4544 Xanthus (1989 FB) is an Apollo NEO discovered on March 31, 1989, by Henry Holt and Norman G. Thomas at Palomar Observatory * Xanthus class repair ship, class of five auxiliary ships built for the United States Navy and Royal Navy * USS ''Xanthus'' (AR-19), a Xanthus-class repair ship acquired by the United States Navy for the task of providing repairs to the fleet * Xanthus stele or Xanthian Obelisk, a stele bearing an inscription currently believed to be trilingual, in the ancient Lycian city of Xanthos

In Greek mythology

People

Geography

The arts

Species

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See also