In Greek mythology, Linus (Ancient Greek: Λῖνος Linos "flax") may refer to the following personages:
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Linus, an Arcadian prince as one of the 50 sons of the impious King Lycaon, either by the naiad Cyllene, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae 1.13.1 Nonacris, or Pausanias. These brothers mixed the entrails of a child into Zeus' meal, whereupon the enraged god threw the meal over the table. Linus was killed, along with his brothers and their father, by a lightning bolt cast by Zeus.Apollodorus. 3.8.1 Linus, the great musician son of ApolloPausanias, 9.29.6; Hyginus, Fabulae 161 Linus, son of Apollo and PsamathePausanias, 1.43.7; Statius, Thebaid 570 ff. Linus, a soldier in the army of the Seven against Thebes. He was killed by Hypseus at Thebes.Statius, Thebaid 9.254
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