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Xanthus (
Greek : Ξάνθος ), son of
Ptolemy , 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 either
Andropompus
[3] or
Melanthus
[4] of
Attica .
Notes
^
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
^ Frazer, J. G. (1913).
Pausanias's Description of Greece: Vol 1, Translation (Google Books) . p. 452. Retrieved 28 February 2020 .
^
page 432 A history of Greece, Volume 1 (Google Books) Connop Thirlwall
References
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 .
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols . Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.
Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library .
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