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In Greek mythology, Lampus or Lampos (Greek: Λάμπος) may refer to:

  • 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 him.
  • Lampus, one of Actaeon's dogs
  • Lampus, name shared by several mythical horses:
  • one of the two horses that drove the chariot of Eos, the other one being Phaethon
  • one of the four horses of Helios, alongside Erythreus, Acteon and Philogeus.
  • one of the four horses of Hector, alongside Aethon, Xanthus and Podarges
  • one of the mares of Diomedes
  • Lampus is also the name of a Macedonian horse breeder and Olympic victor, whose statue Pausanias describes in his Description of Greece.

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    Lampus Wikipedia