Xanthe (mythology)
Female name of several Greek mythological figures
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In Greek mythology, Xanthe (/ˈzænθiː/; Ancient Greek: Ξανθή or Ξάνθη Xanthê means 'blond-haired'[1]) or Xantho may refer to the following divinity and women:
- Xanthe, one of the 3,000 Oceanids, water-nymph daughters of the Titans Oceanus and his sister-wife Tethys.[2]
- Xantho, one of the 50 Nereids, sea-nymph daughters of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.[3][1]
- Xanthe, wife of Asclepius in the Messenian version of the story. Machaon was her son.[4]
- Xanthe, one of the Amazons.[5]
- Xantho, one of the maenads named in a vase painting.[6]
