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Short description: Female name of several Greek mythological figures

In Greek mythology, Xanthe (/ˈzænθ/; Ancient Greek: Ξανθή or Ξάνθη Xanthê means 'blond-haired'[1]) 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.[2]
  • Xantho, one of the 50 Nereids, sea-nymph daughters of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.[3][4]
  • Xanthe, wife of Asclepius in the Messenian version of the story.Machaon was her son.[5]
  • Xanthe, one of the Amazons.[6]
  • Xantho, one of the maenads named in a vase painting.[7]

Notes

  1. Bane, Theresa (2013). Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 346. ISBN 9780786471119. 
  2. Hesiod, Theogony 356; Virgil, Georgics 4.336
  3. Hyginus, Fabulae Preface
  4. Bane, Theresa (2013). Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 346. ISBN 9780786471119. 
  5. Asclepius : a collection and interpretation of the testimonies. Emma J. Edelstein, Ludwig Edelstein. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press. 1945. pp. 21. ISBN 978-0-8018-5769-0. OCLC 14725681. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/14725681. 
  6. Hyginus, Fabulae 163 "AMAZONS: Ocyale, Dioxippe, Iphinome, Xanthe, Hippothoe, Otrere, Antioche, Laomache, Glauce, Agave, Theseis, Hippolyte, Clymene, Polydora, Penthesilea."
  7. Walters, Henry Beauchamp (1905). History of Ancient Pottery: Greek, Etruscan, and Roman: Based on the Work of Samuel Birch. 2. pp. 65. 

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