Acanthis (mythology)

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Acanthis (Ἀκανθίς) was the daughter of Hippodamia and Autonous and sister to Anthus, Erodius, Schoenous and Acanthus. When their father's horses attacked Anthus out of hunger and ate him, Zeus and Apollo, out of pity for the grieving family, transformed them into birds. Acanthis, specifically, was transformed into a thistle finch.

[edit] Sources

• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology by William Smith (1870).

[edit] External links

• Greek Mythology Link (Carlos Parada) - Metamorphoses
• Encyclopedia Mythica - Acanthis
• The Ancient Library