InGreek mythology, the nameCanethus (/kəˈniːθəs/;Ancient Greek: Κάνηθος) may refer to:

• Canethus, anArcadian prince as one of the 50 sons of the KingLycaon either by thenaiadCyllene,^[1]Nonacris^[2] or by unknown woman. He and his siblings were the most nefarious and carefree of all people. To test them,Zeus visited them in the form of a peasant. These brothers mixed the entrails of a child into the god's meal, whereupon the enraged Zeus threw the meal over the table. Canethus was killed, along with his brothers and their father, by a lightning bolt of the god.^[3]
• Canethus, son of theEuboeanAbas and father of theArgonautCanthus, as well aseponym of a mountain nearChalcis.^[4]
• Canethus, father of the banditSciron orSinis byHenioche.^[5] May or may not be the same as the above one.

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• Apollonius Rhodius,Argonautica translated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853-1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912.Online version at the Topos Text Project.
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