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{{Short description|Various characters in Greek mythology}}
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 [[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>
*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, one of [[Actaeon]]'s dogs<ref>[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|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>{{AI-generated source|date=November 2024}}
*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>[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|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==
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== References ==

* [[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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