{{Short description|Set of Greek mythological characters}} {{distinguish|Anthus (mythology)}} {{for|the lost play by Athenian dramatist Agathon|Anthos (play)}} 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.<ref>Nonnus, ''Dionysiaca'' 32.187 & 35.382</ref> * Antheus, a royal youth of Halicarnassus who was sent to the court of King Phobius and Queen Cleoboea (or Philaechme) of Miletus. Cleoboea fell in love with him, but he rejected her out of respect for his host and the rules of hospitality. Cleoboea was angered, but feigned courtesy and pretended to get over him. One day she chased a timid partridge or threw her golden cup down a well, and asked Antheus to fetch it back. After Antheus had descended, she dropped a heavy boulder on him, killing him instantly. In regret she took her own life as well.<ref>Parthenius, [https://topostext.org/work/550#14 14] from Aristotle and the writers of ''Milesian History''</ref> *Antheus, the Thessalian son of Nomion and father of Aegypius by Bulis.<ref>Antoninus Liberalis, [https://topostext.org/work/216#5 5]</ref> *Antheus, a warrior killed in the war of the Seven against Thebes.<ref>Statius, ''Thebaid'' 10.544</ref> *Antheus, a young son of Antenor and Theano,<ref name=Lycophronem132>Tzetzes ad Lycophron, [https://topostext.org/work/860#132 134]</ref>{{AI-generated source|date=November 2024}} thus brother of Crino,<ref>Pausanias, 10.27.4</ref> Acamas,<ref>Apollodorus, E.3.34; Homer, ''Iliad'' 2.823, 11.60 & 12.100</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Tzetzes, John|title=Allegories of the Iliad|publisher=Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library|year=2015|isbn=978-0-674-96785-4|location=Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England|pages=61, ''Prologue'' 806–807, p. 219, 11.44–46|translator-last=Goldwyn|translator-first=Adam|translator-last2=Kokkini|translator-first2=Dimitra}}</ref> Agenor,<ref>Homer, ''Iliad'' 11.59, 21.545 & 579</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Tzetzes, John|title=Allegories of the Iliad|publisher=Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library|year=2015|isbn=978-0-674-96785-4|location=Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England|pages=219, 11.44–46|translator-last=Goldwyn|translator-first=Adam|translator-last2=Kokkini|translator-first2=Dimitra}}</ref> Archelochus,<ref>Apollodorus, Epitome 3.34; Homer, ''Iliad'' 2.823, 12.100 & 14.464</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Tzetzes, John|title=Allegories of the Iliad|publisher=Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library|year=2015|isbn=978-0-674-96785-4|location=Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England|pages=61, ''Prologue'' 806–807|translator-last=Goldwyn|translator-first=Adam|translator-last2=Kokkini|translator-first2=Dimitra}}</ref> Coön,<ref>Homer, ''Iliad'' 11.248 & 256, 19.53</ref> Demoleon,<ref>Homer, ''Iliad'' 20.395</ref> Eurymachus,<ref>Pausanias, 10.27.3</ref> Glaucus,<ref>Virgil, ''Aeneid'' 6.484; Apollodorus, E.5.21; Pausanias, 10.27.3</ref> Helicaon,<ref>Homer, ''Iliad'' 3.123</ref> Iphidamas,<ref>Homer, ''Iliad'' 11.221 & 261; Pausanias, 4.36.4 & 5.19.4</ref> Laodamas,<ref>Homer, ''Iliad'' 15.516</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Tzetzes, John|title=Allegories of the Iliad|publisher=Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library|year=2015|isbn=978-0-674-96785-4|location=Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England|pages=283, 15.193|translator-last=Goldwyn|translator-first=Adam|translator-last2=Kokkini|translator-first2=Dimitra}}</ref> Laodocus,<ref>Homer, ''Iliad'' 4.87</ref> Medon,<ref name=":1">Virgil, ''Aeneid'' 6.484</ref> Polybus,<ref name=":0" /><ref>Homer, ''Iliad'' 11.59</ref> and Thersilochus.<ref name=":1" /> Antheus was beloved by both Paris and Deiphobus<ref name=Lycophronem132/> 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.<ref>Virgil, ''Aeneid'' 1.181, 1.510 & 12.443</ref> *Antheus, surname of Dionysus in Anthea, Achaea.<ref>Pausanias, 7.21.6</ref>

== Legacy ==

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

== Notes == {{Portal|Ancient Greece|Myths|}}{{reflist}}

== References ==

* Antoninus Liberalis, ''The Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalis'' translated by Francis Celoria (Routledge 1992). [https://topostext.org/work/216 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. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 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. [https://topostext.org/work/152 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. {{ISBN|978-0674995796|}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0134 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] * Homer, ''Homeri Opera'' in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. {{ISBN|978-0198145318|}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0133 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. [https://topostext.org/work/206 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. [https://topostext.org/work/529 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. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0485 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. [https://topostext.org/work/550 Online version at the Topos Text Project.] * Parthenius, ''Erotici Scriptores Graeci, Vol. 1''. Rudolf Hercher. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1858. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0643 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. {{ISBN|0-674-99328-4}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0160 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library] * Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio.'' ''3 vols''. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0159 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. [https://topostext.org/work/149 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. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0498 Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.] * Publius Vergilius Maro, ''Aeneid.'' Theodore C. Williams. trans. Boston. Houghton Mifflin Co. 1910. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0054%3Abook%3D1%3Acard%3D1 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] * Publius Vergilius Maro, ''Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics''. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0055 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.

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