Xanthos
The name Xanthos (Greek Ξάνθος, Latin Xanthus ) originally comes from ancient Greece. So it was used as a proper name, as a river name and as the name of a city. The name is derived from the Greek ξανθός and means yellow , reddish , brownish , blond (for people) and fawn (for horses).
It is still used today: as a first and last name and in science.
- people
- Xanthos, son of Triopas , king of the Pelasgians
- Xanthos, son of Phainops, a Trojan warrior during the Trojan War
- Xanthos, son of Erymanthos and father of Psophis
- Xanthos, a son of Pan
- Xanthos, a son of Aegyptus , husband of Arcadia, daughter of Danaos
- Xanthos, the last king of Thebes, see Xanthos (King of Thebes)
- Xanthos, a king of Termera (was near what is now Bodrum)
- Xanthos, a Greek poet in the 7th century BC. Chr.
- Xanthos the Lydian, a Lydian historian in the 5th century BC Chr.
- Andreas Xanthos (* 1960), Greek politician (SYRIZA)
- Emmanouil Xanthos , founding member of the liberation organization Philiki Etaireia.
- Charalambos Xanthos , a Greek Cypriot hotelier and well known poker player
- Horses
- Xanthos, one of the four man-eating steeds of Diomedes in Greek mythology
- Xanthos, one of the stallions of Achilles, see Xanthos and Balios
- Xanthos, one of Hector's horses
- Rivers
- Xanthos, the name given to the gods for the Skamandros river
- Xanthos , a river in Lycia (Asia Minor, Turkey), today Koca Çayı in Turkish
- Xanthos, small river in Epiros
- city
- Xanthos, an ancient city in Lycia at the mouth of the Xanthos, which presided over the Lycian League, see Xanthos (city)
- Brands
- Xanthos (make of car) , British make of car
Xanthus stands for:
- Titular diocese of Xanthus in the area of the historical city of Xanthos
- (4544) Xanthus , an Apollo-type asteroid
- Myxococcus xanthus , a type of bacteria
- USS Xanthus (AR-19) , a US Navy repair ship
- Xanthus class , ship class named after the USS Xanthus
- Xanthus Spur , mountain ridge on Anvers Island, Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica
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