Xanthos (King of Thebes)

Xanthus (Greek: Ξάνθος) 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 Melanthus of Attica.^[3]

References

↑ An universal history: The ancient part, Volume 6 (Google Books) T. Osborne, 1747 retrieved 13:16 9.10.11
↑ 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 – retrieved 9.10.11
↑ page 432 A history of Greece, Volume 1 (Google Books) Connop Thirlwall

Kings of Thebes

Kings	Calydnus Ogyges Cadmus Pentheus Polydorus Nycteus (regent for Labdacus) and Lycus I (regent for Labdacus) Labdacus Lycus I (regent for Laius) Laius Amphion and Zethus Laius (second rule) Creon Oedipus Creon (second rule) (regent for Eteocles and Polynices) Polynices and Eteocles Creon (third rule) (regent for Laodamas) Lycus II (usurper) Laodamas Thersander Peneleos (regent for Tisamenus) Tisamenus Autesion Damasichthon Ptolemy Xanthos

In literature	Antigone Antigone (Euripides) The Bacchae Herakles Iliad Oedipus Oedipus at Colonus Oedipus the King The Phoenician Women Seven Against Thebes The Thebans

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