Mantius

{{Short description|Ancient Greek character}} :''Mantius is also a genus of jumping spiders''.

In Greek mythology, '''Mantius''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|æ|n|t|i|ə|s}}; {{Langx|grc|Μαντίος|4=diviner, seer, prophet}}) was the son of Melampus and Iphianassa and the father of Cleitus, Polypheides and, in some versions, of Oicles.<ref>Homer, ''Odyssey'' 15.242-249</ref><ref>Pausanias, 6.17.6</ref>

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== References ==

* Homer, ''The Odyssey'' with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. {{ISBN|978-0674995611|}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0136 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0135 Greek text available from the same website]. * 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].

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