Xanthus

Xanthus (/ˈzænθəs/ ; Ancient Greek: Ξάνθος, Xanthos, "yellow, blond") or Xanthos may refer to:

• 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

• Xanthus, Greek philosopher, master of the slave and fabulist Aesop
• Xanthus (historian), mid-5th century BC logographer who wrote a history of Lydia
• Xanthos Hadjisoteriou (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)

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

• 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 Disney movie Escape to Witch Mountain (1975 film)

• Calliostoma xanthos , a species of sea snail
• Cephonodes xanthus , 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

• Xanthus, the Latin form of Xanthos, an ancient Lycian city
• 4544 Xanthus, an asteroid
• Xanthus-class repair ship, a class of five auxiliary ships built for the United States Navy and Royal Navy
• USS Xanthus, a Xanthus-class repair ship acquired by the United States Navy

• Xanthus stele or Xanthian Obelisk, a stele bearing an inscription currently believed to be trilingual, in the ancient Lycian city of Xanthos
• Euxanthus
• Xanthius
• Xantho
• Xanthosis

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