Xanthe (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Xanthe (/ˈzænθiː/; Ancient Greek: Ξανθή or Ξάνθη Xanthê means 'blond-haired'^[1]) or Xantho may refer to the following divinity and women:

• Xanthe, one of the 3,000 Oceanids, water-nymph daughters of the Titans Oceanus and his sister-wife Tethys.^[2]
• Xantho, one of the 50 Nereids, sea-nymph daughters of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.^[3][1]
• Xanthe, wife of Asclepius in the Messenian version of the story. Machaon was her son.^[4]
• Xanthe, one of the Amazons.^[5]
• Xantho, one of the maenads named in a vase painting.^[6]