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Balius (/ ˈ b eɪ l i ə s /; Ancient Greek: Βάλιος, Balios, possibly "dappled") and Xanthus (/ ˈ z æ n θ ə s /; Ancient Greek: Ξάνθος, Xanthos, "blonde") were, according to Greek mythology, two immortal horses, the offspring of the harpy Podarge and the West wind, Zephyrus.
Xanthus, a Trojan warrior and son of Phaenops. Together with his twin brother Thoon, they were killed by Diomedes during the Trojan War. [16] Xanthos (King of Thebes), the son of Ptolemy, killed by Andropompus or Melanthus. [17] Equine. Xanthus, one of the Mares of Diomedes. [18] Xanthus, one of Achilles' two horses; see Balius and Xanthus. [19]
Balius and Xanthus, the horses of Achilles; People. Xanthus, ... Xanthus, the Latin form of Xanthos, an ancient Lycian city; 4544 Xanthus, an asteroid;
Xanthos or Xanthus, also referred to by scholars as Arna, its Lycian name, [1] (Turkish: Ksantos, Lycian: 𐊀𐊕𐊑𐊏𐊀 Arñna, Greek: Ξάνθος, Latin: Xanthus) was an ancient city near the present-day village of Kınık, in Antalya Province, Turkey. The ruins are located on a hill on the left bank of the River Xanthos.
In Greek mythology, Automedon (/ ɔː ˈ t ɒ m ɪ d ə n /; Ancient Greek: Αὐτομέδων), son of Diores, [1] was Achilles' charioteer, who drove the immortal horses Balius and Xanthos. [2] He was born on the island of Skyros. [3]
Homer called the harpy Podarge as the mother of the two horses (Balius and Xanthus) of Achilles sired by the West Wind Zephyrus [29] while according to Nonnus, Xanthus and Podarkes, horses of the Athenian king Erechtheus, were born to Aello and the North Wind Boreas. [30]
Homer's Iliad Quintus' Posthomerica "Xanthus and Balius, that flew swift as the winds, horses that the Harpy Podarge conceived to the West Wind [i.e. Zephyrus], as she grazed on the meadow beside the stream of Oceanus."
Xanthus colonized a piece of Lycian land, making it his residence in there and became the ruler of the Pelasgians who had accompanied him. Later on, Xanthus crossed over to Lesbos, which was uninhabited, and divided the land among the settlers. He named the island, which had formerly been called Issa, Pelasgia after the people who had settled it.