Antheus

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::summary Set of Greek mythological characters ::

In Greek mythology, Antheus (Ancient Greek: Ἀνθεύς derived from ἀνθέω antheō "to blossom, to bloom") may refer to:

• Antheus of Lyctus, son of Agelaus and a soldier in the army of Dionysus, killed by Deriades.
• Antheus, a youth of Halicarnassus loved and killed by Cleoboea (Philaechme).
• Antheus, the Thessalian son of Nomion and father of Aegypius by Bulis.
• Antheus, a warrior killed in the war of the Seven against Thebes.
• Antheus, a young son of Antenor and Theano, thus brother of Crino, Acamas, Agenor, Archelochus, Coön, Demoleon, Eurymachus, Glaucus, Helicaon, Iphidamas, Laodamas, Laodocus, Medon, Polybus, and Thersilochus. Antheus was beloved by both Paris and Deiphobus and accidentally killed by Paris during a game, as a result of which incident Paris had to flee to king Menelaus' court, from where he abducted Helen.
• Antheus, a companion of Aeneas reunited with him in Carthage after being separated during the storm, and later a participant in the war against Turnus.
• Antheus, surname of Dionysus in Anthea, Achaea.

Legacy

• Antheus, English Name for The Antonov An-22.

Notes

References

• Antoninus Liberalis, The Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalis translated by Francis Celoria (Routledge 1992). Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• Dictys Cretensis, from The Trojan War. The Chronicles of Dictys of Crete and Dares the Phrygian translated by Richard McIlwaine Frazer, Jr. (1931-). Indiana University Press. 1966. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. . Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca translated by William Henry Denham Rouse (1863-1950), from the Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1940. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca. 3 Vols. W.H.D. Rouse. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1940–1942. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Parthenius, Love Romances translated by Sir Stephen Gaselee (1882-1943), S. Loeb Classical Library Volume 69. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. 1916. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Parthenius, Erotici Scriptores Graeci, Vol. 1. Rudolf Hercher. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1858. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
• Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Publius Papinius Statius, The Thebaid translated by John Henry Mozley. Loeb Classical Library Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1928. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Publius Papinius Statius, The Thebaid. Vol I-II. John Henry Mozley. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1928. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Publius Vergilius Maro, Aeneid. Theodore C. Williams. trans. Boston. Houghton Mifflin Co. 1910. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Publius Vergilius Maro, Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Tzetzes, John, Allegories of the Iliad translated by Goldwyn, Adam J. and Kokkini, Dimitra. Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library, Harvard University Press, 2015.

References

1. [[Nonnus]], ''[[Dionysiaca]]'' 32.187 & 35.382
2. [[Parthenius of Nicaea. Parthenius]], [https://topostext.org/work/550#14 14] from [[Aristotle]] and the writers of ''Milesian History''
3. [[Antoninus Liberalis]], [https://topostext.org/work/216#5 5]
4. [[Statius]], ''[[Thebaid (Latin poem). Thebaid]]'' 10.544
5. [[Tzetzes]] ad [[Lycophron]], [https://topostext.org/work/860#132 134]
6. [[Pausanias (geographer). Pausanias]], 10.27.4
7. [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus). Apollodorus]], E.3.34; Homer, ''Iliad'' 2.823, 11.60 & 12.100
8. Tzetzes, John. (2015). "Allegories of the Iliad". Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library.
9. Homer, ''Iliad'' 11.59, 21.545 & 579
10. Tzetzes, John. (2015). "Allegories of the Iliad". Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library.
11. Apollodorus, Epitome 3.34; Homer, ''Iliad'' 2.823, 12.100 & 14.464
12. Tzetzes, John. (2015). "Allegories of the Iliad". Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library.
13. Homer, ''Iliad'' 11.248 & 256, 19.53
14. Homer, ''Iliad'' 20.395
15. Pausanias, 10.27.3
16. Virgil, ''Aeneid'' 6.484; Apollodorus, E.5.21; Pausanias, 10.27.3
17. Homer, ''Iliad'' 3.123
18. Homer, ''Iliad'' 11.221 & 261; Pausanias, 4.36.4 & 5.19.4
19. Homer, ''Iliad'' 15.516
20. Tzetzes, John. (2015). "Allegories of the Iliad". Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library.
21. Homer, ''Iliad'' 4.87
22. [[Virgil]], ''[[Aeneid]]'' 6.484
23. Homer, ''Iliad'' 11.59
24. Virgil, ''Aeneid'' 1.181, 1.510 & 12.443
25. Pausanias, 7.21.6

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