Καανθος
A son of Oceanus. After his sister, the Nymph Melia, had been abducted by Apollo near Thebes on the banks of the river Ismenus his father sent him to look for her. He found the pair but could not induce them to part. Enraged by this he set fire to the shrine of Apollo, and by doing so lost his life, for the god saw him with an arrow. His tomb could be seen at Thebes, not far from the spring of Ares.
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Table of Sources
- Paus. 9, 10, 5f