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), 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), 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)

Geography

  • 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

The arts

  • 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)

Species

  • 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

Other uses

  • Xanthus, the Latin form of Xanthos, an ancient Lycian city
  • 4544 Xanthus, an asteroid
  • , 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

See also

  • 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