Linus (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Linus (Greek: Λῖνος Linos "flax") may refer to the following personages:

"Linos" redirects here. For other uses, see Linos (disambiguation).

Male

• Linus, son of impious Lycaon.[1]
• Linus, the great musician son of Apollo.[2][3]
• Linus, son of Apollo and Psamathe.[4][5]
• Linus, a soldier in the army of the Seven Against Thebes. He was killed by Hypseus at Thebes.[6]

Female

• Linos, in some accounts, the nymph mother of Pelops by Atlas.[7]

References

1. Pseudo-Apollodorus. Bibliotheca, Book 3.8.1
2. Hyginus. Fabulae 161
3. Pausanias. Description of Greece, 9.29.6
4. Pausanias. Description of Greece, 1.43.7
5. Statius. Thebaid, 570ff
6. Statius. Thebaid, 9.254
7. Robert Graves. The Greek Myths, section 108 s.v. Tantalus

Sources

• Smith, William; Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London (1873). Linus  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "^{article name needed}". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.