Xanthe (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Xanthe (Ancient Greek: Ξανθή or Ξάνθη Xanthê means 'blond-haired' ) or Xantho may refer to the following divinity and women:


 * Xanthe, one of the 3,000 Oceanids, water-nymph daughters of the Titans Oceanus and his sister-wife Tethys.
 * Xantho, one of the 50 Nereids, sea-nymph daughters of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.
 * Xanthe, wife of Asclepius in the Messenian version of the story. Machaon was her son.
 * Xanthe, one of the Amazons.
 * Xantho, one of the maenads named in a vase painting.