In Greek mythology, Anthus was a son of Autonous and Hippodamia. Greek mythology is the body of stories belonging to the ancient Greeks concerning their gods and Heroes the nature of the world and the origins and significance In Greek mythology, Autonous (Αὐτόνοος husband of Hippodamia, was father to Anthus, Erodius, Schoenous, Acanthus Hippodamia (also Hippodamea) was a daughter of King Oenomaus and wife of Pelops with whom her offspring were Thyestes, Atreus His brothers were Erodius, Schoenous, Acanthus and Acanthis. Acantha ( Greek: Ἀκάνθα English translation: "thorny" was a minor character in Greek mythology. Acanthis (Ἀκανθίς was the son of Hippodamia and Autonous and brother to Anthus, Erodius Schoenous and Acanthus. Out of hunger, his father's horses attacked Anthus and ate him. Zeus and Apollo, out of pity for the grieving family, transformed the members into birds. Zeus (zjuːs in Greek: nominative: Zeús /zdeús/ genitive: Diós; Modern Greek /'zefs/ in Greek mythology Anthus himself was metamorphosed into a bird which imitated the neighing of a horse, but always fled from the sight of a horse. (Anton. Lib. 7; Plin. H. N. x. Naturalis Historia ( Latin for "Natural History" is an Encyclopedia written Circa AD 77 by Pliny the Elder. 57. ) The bird genus Anthus is thus named after him. A genus (plural genera from Γένος Latin genus "descent family type gender" is a low-level Taxonomic Anthus redirects here For the son of Autonous, see Anthus (mythology.
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- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology by William Smith (1870). The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone The Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1849 originally published 1844 under a slightly different title is an Encyclopedia / Biographical dictionary Sir William Smith (1813 &ndash 1893 English Lexicographer, was born at Enfield in 1813 of Nonconformist parents
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