Antheus (son of Assesus)

Antheus (ancient Greek Ἀνθεύς) is a handsome young man and friend of Hermes in Greek mythology. He lived as a hostage at the court of the Milesian king Phobios, a son of the Neleiden Hippocles. Kleoboia, the wife of Phobios, fell in love with the youth, who always avoided her with excuses. She looked revenged for revenge, and threw a partridge or a gold vessel into a well, and begged the agile Antheus to climb into the well. She crossed the rope and threw a heavy stone at the defenseless, who died on it. She was hanged by her deed. When Phobios learned the story, he handed over the king's rule to Phrygios. Edit source source text Edit source text

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