Ξάνθος

English (Autenrieth)

Xanthus.—(1) son of Phaenops, a Trojan, slain by Diomed, Il. 5.152.—(2) name of one of the horses of Achilles (see ξανθός), Il. 16.149.—(3) name of one of Hector's horses, Il. 8.185. —(4) another name of the river Scamander, and, personified, the rivergod, Il. 20.40, , Il. 21.146.—(5) a river in Lycia, flowing from Mt. Taurus into the Mediterranean, Il. 2.877.

English (Slater)

Ξάνθος a river in Asia Minor, at whose mouth was the city of Patara, site of an oracle of Apollo, cf. (P. 1.39), Λύκιε Φοῖβε. ὣς ἦρα θεὸς σάφα εἴπαις λτ;γτ;άνθον ἤπειγεν καὶ Ἀμαζόνας εὐίππους καὶ ἐς Ἴστρον ἐλαύνων (sc. Ἀπόλλων: Boeckh refers to the Trojan Xanthos) (O. 8.47)

Greek Monolingual

Ξάνθος, ὁ (Α)
1. ονομασία ποταμού της Τροίας, αλλ. Σκάμανδρος («ὅν Ξάνθον καλέουσι θεοί, ἄνδρες δὲ Σκάμανδρον», Ομ. Ιλ.)
2. ο ένας από τους δύο αθάνατους ίππους του Αχιλλέως
3. όνομα ανδρών.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛΟΓΙΑ Όνομα στο οποίο εμφανίζεται το επίθ. ξανθός, με αναβιβασμό του τόνου, το οποίο μαρτυρείται και ως ανθρωπωνύμιο στη Μυκηναϊκή, πρβλ. μυκην. Kasato. To όνομα εμφανίζεται επίσης σε σύνθετη και παράγωγη μορφή στα ανθρωπωνύμια: Ξάνθιππος, Ξανθεύς, Ξανθίας, Ξάνθιχος, Ξανθώ κ.ά.].

Russian (Dvoretsky)

Ξάνθος:
I ὁ Ксант или Ксанф
1 главная река Ликии Hom.;
2 = Σκάμανδρος: ποταμός, ὃν Ξάντον καλέουσι θεοί, ἄνδρες τε Σκάμανδρον Hom.;
3 лирический поэт, предшественник Стесихора, VII в. до н. э.;
4 историк Лидии, VI-V вв. до н. э.
II ἡ Ксант (самый крупный город Ликии на берегу р. Ксант) Plut.

Wikipedia EN

In Greek mythology, the name Xanthus or Xanthos (/ˈzænθəs/; Ancient Greek: Ξάνθος "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 twelve sons of the god Pan who were allied with Dionysus.

Human

• Xanthus, an Argive prince as son of King Triopas and Oreasis.
• Xanthus, a Trojan warrior and son of Phaenops. Together with his twin brother Thoon, they were killed by Diomedes during the Trojan War.
• Xanthos (King of Thebes), the son of Ptolemy, killed by Andropompus or Melanthus.
• Xanthus, a son of Aegyptus who was killed by the Danaid Arcadia.
• Xanthus, a Theban prince as one of the Niobids, children of King Amphion and Niobe, daughter of King Tantalus of Lydia. He was the brother of Alalcomeneus, Eudorus, Argeius, Lysippus, Phereus, Pelopia, Chione, Clytia, Hore, Lamippe and Melia.
• Xanthus, lover of Alcinoe, who left her family to be with him.
• Xanthus, son of Erymanthus and father of Psophis.
• Xanthus, husband of Herippe.
• Xanthus, one of the four sons of Tremiles (eponym of Tremile=Lycia) and the nymph Praxidike, daughter of Ogygus. His three brothers were Tloos, Pinarus and Cragus.
• Xanthus, husband of Laodamia, daughter of Bellerophon and by her father of Sarpedon who fought in the Trojan War.
• Xanthus, father of Glaucippe, possible mother of Hecuba. He may be the same as the above river-god Xanthus (Scamander).

Equine

• Xanthus, one of Achilles' two horses; see Balius and Xanthus.
• Xanthus, one of Hector's horses.