place
Xanthus (river in Lycia)
the Xanthus
also: Ξάνθος
The river of Lycia, homeland of Sarpedon and Glaucus, named by them with longing for the distant allied contingent's own country.
Reading notes
- The Iliad §2.807 Xanthus
A river in Lycia in southern Asia Minor, the homeland of Sarpedon and Glaucus — distinct from the river of the same name on the Trojan plain (see Scamander).