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Lampus
In
Greek mythology
,
Lampus
or
Lampos
, a
Greek verb
meaning "glitter" or "shine", may
refer
to:
Human
Lampus, an
elder
of
Troy
, one of the sons of King
Laomedon
,
father of
Dolops
.
Lampus, a son of
Aegyptus
, who married and was killed by the
Danaid
Ocypete
.
Lampus, one of the fifty
Thebans
who
laid
an
ambush
against
Tydeus
and were killed by
Apollo
.
Canine
Lampus, one of Actaeon's dogs
Equine
Lampus, one of the two
horses
that
drove
the chariot
of
Eos
, the other one being Phaethon
Lampus, one of the four horses of
Helios
, alongside Erythreus,
Acteon
and Philogeus.
Lampus, one of the four horses of
Hector
, alongside Aethon, Xanthus and Podarges
Lampus, one of the
mares of Diomedes
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
.
Lampos
is also the
fictitious name
of a
sacred site
in the parish of Rennes-les-Bains, France, given by the priest
Henri Boudet
in his
work
La Vraie
Langue
Celtique
.