Xanthus (; , ''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) In Greek mythology, the name Xanthus or Xanthos (; Ancient Greek: Ξάνθος means "yellow" or "fair hair") may refer to: *''Divine'' ** Xanthus, the gods' name for Scamander, the great river of Troy and its patron god. ** Xanthus, one of the t ...

, several figures, including gods, men, and horses *

Balius and Xanthus Balius (; Ancient Greek: Βάλιος, ''Balios'', possibly "dappled") and Xanthus (; Ancient Greek: Ξάνθος, ''Xanthos'', "blonde") were, according to Greek mythology, two immortal horses, the offspring of the harpy Podarge and the West ...

, the horses of Achilles

People

*Xanthus, Greek philosopher, master of the slave and fabulist

Aesop Aesop ( ; , ; c. 620–564 BCE; formerly rendered as Æsop) was a Greeks, Greek wikt:fabulist, fabulist and Oral storytelling, storyteller credited with a number of fables now collectively known as ''Aesop's Fables''. Although his existence re ...

Xanthus (historian) Xanthus of Lydia (, ''Xanthos ho Lydos'') was a Ancient Greece, Greek historian, logographer (history), logographer and citizen of Lydia who, during the mid-fifth century BC, wrote texts on the history of Lydia known as ''Lydiaca'' (Λυδιακά) ...

, mid-5th century BC 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 ...

(1920-2003), Greek Cypriot painter and interior designer * Xanthus Pagninius (1470–1541), Dominican, leading philologist and Biblical scholar * Xanthus Russell Smith, 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 or Xanthus, also referred to by scholars as ''Arna'', its Lycian name, (, Lycian: 𐊀𐊕𐊑𐊏𐊀 ''Arñna'', , Latin: ''Xanthus'') was an ancient city near the present-day village of Kınık, in Antalya Province, Turkey. The ru ...

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 Oc ...

'' *Xanthus, the fictional character in Robert Newcomb'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'', a moth of the family Sphingidae *''

Myxococcus xanthus ''Myxococcus xanthus'' is a gram-negative, bacillus (or rod-shaped) species of myxobacteria that is typically found in the top-most layer of soil. These bacteria lack flagella; rather, they use pili for motility. ''M. xanthus'' is well-known fo ...

'', 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 uses

*Xanthus, the Latin form of

Xanthos Xanthos or Xanthus, also referred to by scholars as ''Arna'', its Lycian name, (, Lycian: 𐊀𐊕𐊑𐊏𐊀 ''Arñna'', , Latin: ''Xanthus'') was an ancient city near the present-day village of Kınık, in Antalya Province, Turkey. The ru ...