Senator Xanthus – Most Likely Xanthus a Trojan Warrior
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Senator_Xanthus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xanthus_(mythology)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iliad
Orator Extraordinaire Emperor Pontus sends you to Senator Xanthus for advice on how to aid the Crustacean Empire against the Pisceans and Lophians.
Quite a few lisitings for Xanthus in the Wikipedia database. In Greek mythology, the name Xanthus or Xanthos means “yellow” or “fair hair”. Wikipedia lists 2 gods, 10 humans, and 3 horses known by that name in Greek mythology. Four of these are from Homer’s The Iliad.
Xanthus, the gods’ name for Scamander, the great river of Troy and its patron god.
Xanthus, a Trojan warrior and son of Phaenops. Together with his twin brother Thoon, they were killed by Diomedes during the Trojan War.
Xanthus, one of Achilles’ two horses; Balius and Xanthus.
Xanthus, one of Hector’s horses.
The Iliad is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is one of the oldest extant works of literature still widely read by modern audiences. As with the Odyssey, the poem is divided into 24 books and contains 15,693 lines in its most widely accepted version, and was written in dactylic hexameter. Set towards the end of the Trojan War, a ten-year siege of the city of Troy by a coalition of Mycenaean Greek states, the poem depicts significant events in the siege’s final weeks. In particular, it depicts a fierce quarrel between King Agamemnon and a celebrated warrior, Achilles. It is a central part of the Epic Cycle. The Iliad is often regarded as the first substantial piece of European literature.
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