Xanthos (King of Thebes) explained

Xanthus (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Ξάνθος), son of Ptolemy, was the king of Thebes, the 16th^[1] and final monarch that ruled the city.^[2] He was possibly king only temporarily, being shown at times as the king of the Boeotians, the King of the Thebians. He was killed by either Andropompus^[3] or Melanthus^[4] of Attica.

References

• 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.

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=8pIaAAAAYAAJ&dq=xanthus+a+theban+kings&pg=PA192 An universal history: The ancient part, Volume 6 (Google Books) T. Osborne, 1747
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=-JugHJqR3ZcC&dq=Xanthus%2C+a+Theban+king&pg=PA68 from page numbered sixty eight,The Rights of War and Peace, in Three Books: Wherein Are Explained, the Law of Nature and Nations, and the Principal Points Relating to Government written Hugo Grotius, Jean Barbeyrac
3. Book: Frazer . J. G. . Pausanias's Description of Greece: Vol 1, Translation (Google Books) . 1913 . 452 . 28 February 2020.
4. https://books.google.com/books?id=CSatY6CEYuYC&dq=xanthus+a+theban+kings&pg=PA432 page 432 A history of Greece, Volume 1 (Google Books) Connop Thirlwall