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In Greek mythology, Lampus or Lampos (Ancient Greek: Λάμπος), a Greek verb meaning "glitter" or "shine", may refer to:

Human

Lampus, a son of Aegyptus, who married and was killed by the Danaid Ocypete.^[1]
Lampus, an elder of Troy, one of the sons of King Laomedon and Strymo,^[2] father of Dolops.^[3]
Lampus, one of the fifty Thebans who laid an ambush against Tydeus and were killed by Apollo.^[4]

Canine (dog)

Lampus, one of Actaeon's dogs^[5]

Equine (horse)

Lampus, one of the two horses that drove the chariot of Eos, the other one being Phaethon^[6]
Lampus, one of the four horses of Helios, alongside Erythreus, Acteon and Philogeus.^[7]
Lampus, one of the four horses of Hector, alongside Aethon, Xanthus and Podarges^[8]
Lampus, one of the mares of Diomedes^[9]

Other uses

Lampos is used as a surname of many families in Greece. Otherwise:

Lampus is also the name of a Macedonian horse breeder and Olympic victor, whose statue Pausanias describes in his Description of Greece.^[10]
Lampos is also the fictitious name of a sacred site in the parish of Rennes-les-Bains (Aude), France, given by the priest Henri Boudet in his work La Vraie Langue Celtique (1886).

Notes

^ Apollodorus, 2.1.5
^ Homer, Iliad 3.147; Apollodorus, 3.12.3; Dictys Cretensis, 4.22
^ Homer, Iliad 15.525
^ Statius, Thebaid 7.759
^ Hyginus, Fabulae 181
^ Homer, Iliad 23.246; Tzetzes, 138; ad Lycophron, 17
^ Fulgentius, Mythologiarum libri 1.12
^ Homer, Iliad 8.185
^ Hyginus, Fabulae 30
^ Pausanias, 6.4.10

References

Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
Dictys Cretensis, from The Trojan War. The Chronicles of Dictys of Crete and Dares the Phrygian translated by Richard McIlwaine Frazer, Jr. (1931-). Indiana University Press. 1966. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
Fabius Planciades Fulgentius, Mythologies translated by Whitbread, Leslie George. Ohio State University Press.1971. Online version at theio.com
Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. ISBN 978-0674995796. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. ISBN 978-0198145318. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. ISBN 0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
Publius Papinius Statius, The Thebaid translated by John Henry Mozley. Loeb Classical Library Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1928. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
Publius Papinius Statius, The Thebaid. Vol I-II. John Henry Mozley. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1928. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.

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[1] Apollodorus, 2.1.5

[2] Homer, Iliad 3.147; Apollodorus, 3.12.3; Dictys Cretensis, 4.22

[3] Homer, Iliad 15.525

[4] Statius, Thebaid 7.759

[5] Hyginus, Fabulae 181

[6] Homer, Iliad 23.246; Tzetzes, 138; ad Lycophron, 17

[7] Fulgentius, Mythologiarum libri 1.12

[8] Homer, Iliad 8.185

[9] Hyginus, Fabulae 30

[10] Pausanias, 6.4.10

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+{{Short description|Various characters in Greek mythology}}
-In [[Greek mythology]], '''Lampus''' (also written '''Lampos''') was an elder of [[Troy]], son of King [[Laomedon]]. Father of [[Dolops]], he was killed by [[Heracles]].
+In [[Greek mythology]], '''Lampus''' or '''Lampos''' ([[Ancient Greek]]: Λάμπος), a Greek [[verb]] meaning "glitter" or "shine", may refer to:
+''Human''
-[[Ilias]] III, 147.
+*Lampus, a son of [[Aegyptus]], who married and was killed by the [[Danaïdes|Danaid]] [[Ocypete (mythology)|Ocypete]].<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+2.1.5&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022 2.1.5]</ref>
-Nowadays, '''Lampos''' has survived as a Greek family surname.
+*Lampus, an elder of [[Troy]], one of the sons of King [[Laomedon]] and [[Strymo (mythology)|Strymo]],<ref>[[Homer]], ''[[Iliad]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hom.+Il.+3.147&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0134 3.147]; Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+3.12.3&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022 3.12.3]; [[Dictys Cretensis]], [https://topostext.org/work/152#4.22 4.22]</ref> father of [[Dolops]].<ref>Homer, ''Iliad'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hom.+Il.+15.525&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0134 15.525]</ref>
+*Lampus, one of the fifty [[Ancient Thebes (Boeotia)|Thebans]] who laid an ambush against [[Tydeus]] and were killed by [[Apollo]].<ref>[[Statius]], ''[[Thebaid (Latin poem)|Thebaid]]'' [https://topostext.org/work/149#7.723 7.759]</ref>
+''Canine (dog)''
-Lampus is also the name of a Macedonian horse breeder and Olympic victor, whose statue Pausanias  describes in his Description of Greece
-<ref>Pausanias, Description of Greece, 6.4.10</ref>.
+*Lampus, one of [[Actaeon]]'s dogs<ref>[[Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#181 181]</ref>
+''Equine (horse)''
+*Lampus, one of the two horses that drove the chariot of [[Eos]], the other one being [[Phaethon]]<ref>Homer, ''Iliad'' 23.246; [[Tzetzes]], 138; ad [[Lycophron]], [https://topostext.org/work/860#17 17]</ref>
+*Lampus, one of the four horses of [[Helios]], alongside [[Erythreus]], [[Acteon (mythology)|Acteon]] and [[Philogeus]].<ref>[[Fabius Planciades Fulgentius|Fulgentius]], ''Mythologiarum libri'' 1.12</ref>
+*Lampus, one of the four horses of Hector, alongside [[Aethon]], [[Xanthus (mythology)|Xanthus]] and [[Podarges]]<ref>Homer, ''Iliad'' 8.185</ref>
+*Lampus, one of the [[mares of Diomedes]]<ref>Hyginus, ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#30 30]</ref>
+==Other uses==
+'''Lampos''' is used as a surname of many families in [[Greece]]. Otherwise:
+*Lampus is also the name of a [[Macedonia (ancient kingdom)|Macedonia]]n horse breeder and [[Ancient Olympic Games|Olympic]] victor, whose statue [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]] describes in his Description of Greece.<ref>Pausanias, 6.4.10</ref>
+*'''Lampos''' is also the fictitious name of a sacred site in the parish of Rennes-les-Bains (Aude), France, given by the priest [[Henri Boudet]] in his work ''La Vraie Langue Celtique'' (1886).
+==Notes==
 <references/>
+== References ==
-[[Category:Greek mythology]]
-[[Category:Trojans]]
+* [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], ''The Library'' with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. {{ISBN|0-674-99135-4}}. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
+*[[Dictys Cretensis]]'', from The Trojan War.'' ''The Chronicles of Dictys of Crete and [[Dares Phrygius|Dares the Phrygian]]'' translated by Richard McIlwaine Frazer, Jr. (1931-). Indiana University Press. 1966. [https://topostext.org/work/152 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
+* [[Fabius Planciades Fulgentius]], ''Mythologies'' translated by Whitbread, Leslie George. Ohio State University Press.1971. [http://www.theoi.com/Text/FulgentiusMythologies1.html Online version at theio.com]
+*[[Gaius Julius Hyginus]], ''Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus'' translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. [https://topostext.org/work/206 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
+*[[Homer]], [[Iliad|''The Iliad'']] with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. {{ISBN|978-0674995796|}}. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0134 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
+* Homer, ''Homeri Opera'' in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. {{ISBN|978-0198145318|}}. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0133 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
+*[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''Description of Greece'' with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. {{ISBN|0-674-99328-4}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0160 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library]
+*Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio.'' ''3 vols''. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.  [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0159 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
+*[[Statius|Publius Papinius Statius]]'', The Thebaid'' translated by John Henry Mozley. Loeb Classical Library Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1928. [https://topostext.org/work/149 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
+*Publius Papinius Statius, ''The Thebaid. Vol I-II''. John Henry Mozley. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1928. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0498 Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.]
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+{{Greek myth index}}
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+[[Category:Horses in mythology]]