Linus (mythology)

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

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

Pseudo-Apollodorus. Bibliotheca, Book 3.8.1
Hyginus. Fabulae 161
Pausanias. Description of Greece, 9.29.6
Pausanias. Description of Greece, 1.43.7
Statius. Thebaid, 570ff
Statius. Thebaid, 9.254
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). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Missing or empty |title= (help)

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