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Xanthus

[ zan-thuhs ]

noun

  1. an ancient city of Lycia, in SW Asia Minor, near the mouth of the Xanthus River: site of archaeological remains.


Xanthus

/ ˈzænθəs /

noun

  1. the chief city of ancient Lycia in SW Asia Minor: source of some important antiquities
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Even the great river of Troy, which the gods call Xanthus and men Scamander, took part and strove to drown Achilles as he crossed its waters.

Amazon showed off two new warehouse robots at re:MARS: Pegasus and Xanthus.

And there were two new robotic additions to Amazon’s warehouses: Pegasus and Xanthus, named after mythical horses, work more closely with human employees than previous generations.

One was named Xanthus, an “alternative” bar where the bouncer was a girl named Big Hair.

So bright, so thickly scattered o'er the plain, Before the walls of Troy, between the ships And Xanthus' stream, the Trojan watchfires blazed.

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