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Canthus

Κάνθος

(Κάνθος), an Argonaut, is called a son of Canethus and grandson of Abas, or a son of Abas of Euboea. (Apollon. 1.78; Orph. Argon. 139; V. Fl. 1.453.) He is said to have been killed in Libya by Cephalion or Caphaurus. (Hyg. Fab. 14; Apollon. 4.1495; V. Fl. 6.317, 7.422.)

From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.