Xanthus
place · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
plain of Xanthus
in the texts
The Histories
Lycian city and plain, site of the Lycians' battle and mass self-destruction before Harpagus.
Then they swore great oaths to each other, and sallying out fell fighting, all the men of Xanthus.
So Harpagus gained Xanthus, and Caunus too in a somewhat similar manner, the Caunians following for the most part the example of the Lycians.
The Pedaseans were at length taken, and when Harpagus led his army into the plain of Xanthus, the Lycians came out to meet him, and showed themselves courageous fighting few against many;
Olympian
River in the Troad visited by Apollo after delivering his prophecy about Troy.
” The god spoke clearly, and then hurried on his way, driving to Xanthus, and to the Amazons with their fine horses, and to the Danube, And the wielder of the trident drove his swift chariot to the sea-washed Isthmus, bringing Aeacus here on his golden horses, and going to see the ridge of Corinth, famous for its feasts.