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Linus may refer to:
- Any of three sons of Apollo from Greek mythology:
- Son of Apollo and Urania, he was killed by Apollo during a contest.
- Son of Apollo and Psamathe, whose father was the King of Argos. She feared her father and gave the infant Linus to shepherds to raise. He was torn apart by dogs after reaching adulthood and Psamathe was killed by her father, for which Apollo sent a child-killing plague to Argos.
- Son of Apollo and Terpsichore, Linus taught music to Orpheus and Heracles. Heracles killed him with Linus's own lyre after he reprimanded Heracles for making errors.
- A Roman cognomen.
- Pope Linus, the second Pope of the Catholic Church.
- A figure mentioned at Paul of Tarsus's Second Epistle to Timothy: 'Do thy diligence to come before winter. Eubulus greeteth thee, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren.' (2Tim.4:21, KJV)
- Linus van Pelt, a character in the comic strip Peanuts.
- Several well-known individuals who have Linus as a first name:
- An asteroid moon that orbits 22 Kalliope.
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