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Xanthus (Ancient Greek: Ξάνθος), son of Ptolemy, was the king of Thebes, the 16th and final monarch that ruled the city. 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 or Melanthus of Attica.

Notes

1. An universal history: The ancient part, Volume 6 (Google Books) T. Osborne, 1747 retrieved 13:16 9.10.11
2. 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
3. Frazer, J. G. (1913). Pausanias's Description of Greece: Vol 1, Translation (Google Books). p. 452. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
4. 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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