Xanthus

Xanthus (Ξάνθος, 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
 * 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