Antheus
(
Ἀνθεύς), the blooming, a surname of Dionysus. (
Paus. 7.21.2.) Anthius, a surname which Dionysus bore at Athens, is probably only a different form for Antheus. (
Paus. 1.31.2.)
There are also two fabulous personages of this name. (
Hyg. Fab. 157;
Verg. A. 1.181,
510,
12.443.)
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