Xanthos (king of Thebes)

Xanthus (Ancient Greek: Ξάνθος), son of Ptolemy, was the king of Thebes, the 16th^[1] and final monarch that ruled the city.^[2] 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^[3] or Melanthus^[4] of Attica.

Regnal titles
Preceded by Ptolemy	Mythical King of Thebes	Succeeded by None

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.