Xanthus

The name of Xanthus (Greek Ξάνθος, Xanthus Latin ) originated in ancient Greece. He was used as a proper name, as river name and as the name of a city. The name derives from the Greek and means ξανθός yellow, reddish, brownish, blond ( in persons ) and fallow ( in horses ).

Even today it is still used: as a first and last name and in science.

Xanthos, son of Triopas, king of the Pelasgians
Xanthos, son of Phainops, a Trojan warrior during the Trojan War
Xanthos, son of Erymanthos and father of Psophis
Xanthos, a son of Pan
Xanthos, a son of Aegyptus, husband of Arkadia, the daughter of Danaus
Xanthos, the last king of Thebes, see Xanthos ( king of Thebes)
Xanthos, a king of Termera ( lay near the present-day Bodrum)
Xanthos, a Greek poet in the 7th century BC
Xanthos the Lydian, a Lydian historian in the 5th century BC
Emmanouil Xanthos, a founding member of the Liberation Organization Philiki Etaireia.
Charalambos Xanthos, a Greek Cypriot hotelier and well-known poker players

Xanthos, one of the four man-eating mares of Diomedes in Greek mythology
Xanthos, one of the stallions of Achilles, Xanthos and see Balios
Xanthos, one of the horses of Hector

Xanthos, the name of the river Scamander with the gods
Xanthos, a river in Lycia (Asia Minor, Turkey), today Koca Turkish Çayı
Xanthos, small river in Epirus

Xanthos, an ancient town in Lycia, at the mouth of the Xanthos who headed the Lycian Federation, Xanthos see (city)

Xanthus stands for:

Xanthus ( titular ) in the area of the historic city of Xanthos
( 4544 ) Xanthus, an asteroid of the Apollo - type
Myxococcus xanthus, a bacterium
USS Xanthus (AR -19), a repair ship in the U.S. Navy
Xanthus - class, class of ship named after the USS Xanthus