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{{Short description|Ancient Greek character}}
:''[[Mantius (spider)|Mantius]] is also a genus of [[jumping spiders]]''.

In [[Greek mythology]], '''Mantius''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|æ|n|t|i|ə|s}}; [[Ancient Greek]]: Μαντίος means "diviner, seer, prophet") was the son of [[Melampus]] and [[Iphianassa]] and the father of [[Cleitus (mythology)|Cleitus]], [[Polypheides]] and, in some versions, of [[Oicles]].<ref>[[Homer]], ''[[Odyssey]]'', 15. 242-249</ref><ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''Description of Greece'', 6. 17. 6</ref>

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== References ==

* [[Homer]], [[Odyssey|''The Odyssey'']] with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. {{ISBN|978-0674995611|}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0136 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0135 Greek text available from the same website].
* [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''Description of Greece'' with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. {{ISBN|0-674-99328-4}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0160 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library]
* Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio.'' ''3 vols''. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.  [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0159 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].

[[Category:Characters in the Odyssey]]
[[Category:Mythological Argives]]


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