# Canethus

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In [Greek mythology](/source/Greek_mythology), the name '''Canethus''' ({{IPAc-en|k|ə|ˈ|n|iː|θ|ə|s}}; [Ancient Greek](/source/Ancient_Greek): Κάνηθος) may refer to:

*Canethus, an [Arcadian](/source/Arcadia_(region)) prince as one of the 50 sons of the King [Lycaon](/source/Lycaon_of_Arcadia) either by the [naiad](/source/naiad) [Cyllene](/source/Cyllene_(mythology)),<ref>[Dionysius of Halicarnassus](/source/Dionysius_of_Halicarnassus), ''Antiquitates Romanae'' 1.13.1</ref> [Nonacris](/source/Nonacris_(mythology))<ref>[Pausanias](/source/Pausanias_(geographer)), [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+8.17.6&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:chapter=&highlight=Nonacris 8.17.6]</ref> or by unknown woman. He and his siblings were the most nefarious and carefree of all people. To test them, [Zeus](/source/Zeus) visited them in the form of a peasant. These brothers mixed the entrails of a child into the god's meal, whereupon the enraged Zeus threw the meal over the table. Canethus was killed, along with his brothers and their father, by a lightning bolt of the god.<ref>[Apollodorus](/source/Bibliotheca_(Pseudo-Apollodorus)), [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+3.8.1&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=3:chapter=8&highlight=Aegaeon 3.8.1]</ref>
*Canethus, son of the [Euboea](/source/Euboea)n [Abas](/source/Abas_(mythology)) and father of the [Argonaut](/source/Argonauts) [Canthus](/source/Canthus_(mythology)), as well as [eponym](/source/eponym) of a mountain near [Chalcis](/source/Chalcis).<ref>[Apollonius Rhodius](/source/Apollonius_Rhodius), ''[Argonautica](/source/Argonautica)'' 1.77 with [scholia](/source/scholia)</ref>
*Canethus, father of the bandit [Sciron](/source/Sciron) or [Sinis](/source/Sinis_(mythology)) by [Henioche](/source/Henioche).<ref>[Plutarch](/source/Plutarch), ''Theseus'' 25.4</ref> May or may not be the same as the above one.

== Notes ==
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== References ==

* [Apollodorus](/source/Bibliotheca_(Pseudo-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}}. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
*[Apollonius Rhodius](/source/Apollonius_of_Rhodes), ''Argonautica'' translated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853-1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912. [https://topostext.org/work/126 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* Apollonius Rhodius, ''Argonautica''. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0227 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [Dionysus of Halicarnassus](/source/Dionysius_of_Halicarnassus), ''Roman Antiquities.'' English translation by Earnest Cary in the Loeb Classical Library, 7 volumes. Harvard University Press, 1937–1950. [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Dionysius_of_Halicarnassus/home.html Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site]
*Dionysius of Halicarnassus, ''Antiquitatum Romanarum quae supersunt'', ''Vol I-IV''. . Karl Jacoby. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1885. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0572 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
*[Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus](/source/Plutarch), ''Lives'' with an English Translation by Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. 1. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0067 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0075 Greek text available from the same website].
*[Pausanias](/source/Pausanias_(geographer)), ''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].

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