Antheus Explained

Antheus should not be confused with Anthus (mythology).

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.^[1]
• Antheus, a youth of Halicarnassus loved and killed by Cleoboea (Philaechme).^[2]
• Antheus, the Thessalian son of Nomion and father of Aegypius by Bulis.^[3]
• Antheus, a warrior killed in the war of the Seven against Thebes.^[4]
• Antheus, a young son of Antenor and Theano,^[5] thus brother of Crino,^[6] Acamas,^{[7] [8]} Agenor,^{[9] [10]} Archelochus,^{[11] [12]} Coön,^[13] Demoleon,^[14] Eurymachus,^[15] Glaucus,^[16] Helicaon,^[17] Iphidamas,^[18] Laodamas,^{[19] [20]} Laodocus,^[21] Medon,^[22] Polybus,^[23] and Thersilochus. Antheus was beloved by both Paris and Deiphobus^[5] 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.^[24]
• Antheus, surname of Dionysus in Anthea, Achaea.^[25]

Legacy

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

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.

Notes and References

1. [Nonnus]
2. [Parthenius of Nicaea|Parthenius]
3. [Antoninus Liberalis]
4. [Statius]
5. [Tzetzes]
6. [Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]
7. [Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]
8. Book: Tzetzes, John. Allegories of the Iliad. Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. 2015. 978-0-674-96785-4. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England. 61, Prologue 806–807, p. 219, 11.44–46. Goldwyn. Adam. Kokkini. Dimitra.
9. Homer, Iliad 11.59, 21.545 & 579
10. Book: Tzetzes, John. Allegories of the Iliad. Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. 2015. 978-0-674-96785-4. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England. 219, 11.44–46. Goldwyn. Adam. Kokkini. Dimitra.
11. Apollodorus, Epitome 3.34; Homer, Iliad 2.823, 12.100 & 14.464
12. Book: Tzetzes, John. Allegories of the Iliad. Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. 2015. 978-0-674-96785-4. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England. 61, Prologue 806–807. Goldwyn. Adam. Kokkini. Dimitra.
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. Book: Tzetzes, John. Allegories of the Iliad. Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. 2015. 978-0-674-96785-4. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England. 283, 15.193. Goldwyn. Adam. Kokkini. Dimitra.
21. Homer, Iliad 4.87
22. [Virgil]
23. Homer, Iliad 11.59
24. Virgil, Aeneid 1.181, 1.510 & 12.443
25. Pausanias, 7.21.6