Which mythical hero had a horse called Xanthus?
Balius and Xanthus of battle, and wept. At "Iliad" 17.474-8, Automedon, Achilles' charioteer, states that only Patroclus was able to fully control these horses. When Xanthus was rebuked by the grieving Achilles for allowing Patroclus to be slain, Hera granted Xanthus human speech which broke Divine law, allowing the horse to say that a god had killed Patroclus and that a god would soon kill Achilles too. After this, the Erinyes struck the horse dumb. Balius and Xanthus Balius (; Ancient Greek: Βάλιος, "Balios", possibly "dappled") and Xanthus (; Ancient Greek: Ξάνθος, "Xanthos", "blonde") were, according to Greek mythology, two immortal horses, the
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